IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I


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STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellant


vs.


RODNEY JOSEPH, JR., Defendant-Appellee


and


ETHAN MOTTA and KEVIN GONSALVES, Defendants



NO. 27001





APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CR. NO. 04-1-0077)





FEBRUARY 17, 2006





ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, JJ., and
Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge Watanabe
in Place of Duffy, J., Recused)

The motion for reconsideration of Plaintiff-Appellant State of Hawai`i (Appellant) filed on February 10, 2006, requesting that the majority of this court reconsider its opinion filed on January 31, 2006, affirming the first circuit court's November 4, 2004 order granting the Motion to Suppress Statement and Evidence filed by Defendant-Appellee Rodney Joseph, Jr., is hereby denied.

Appellant also seeks reconsideration of the concurring and dissenting opinion. Because issues presented by Appellant for the first time on motion for reconsideration will not be addressed, this aspect of the motion is also hereby denied.


James M. Anderson,
Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney, City & County
of Honolulu, on the
motion for plaintiff-
appellant.