NO. 26725



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I, Petitioner-Appellee,


vs.


LORNA ALVAREZ, Respondent-Appellant.




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 02-1-419)




ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed January 23, 2006, by the petitioner-appellee State of Hawaii, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 27, 2006.


Darren W.K. Ching,
deputy prosecuting attorney,
for petitioner-appellee
State of Hawai`i



1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.