NO. 27146



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent,


vs.


FALESA AFUVAI, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(Cr. No. 03-1-0288)




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

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on September 15, 2006 by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Falesa Afuvai, the application is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, October 13, 2006.


Daphne E. Barbee,
for the defendant-appellant-petitioner
Falesa Afuvai,
on the application



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