NOS. 26580 AND 26586



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




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


vs.


ROBERT KUHIO KUPAHU, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.
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STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent,


vs.



MANUEL KUPAHU, aka MANUEL KUPAHU, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NOS. 03-1-2083 & 04-1-0844)





ORDER REJECTING APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1); and Acoba, J., Dissenting)

Upon consideration of the applications for a writ of certiorari filed on December 18, 2006, by the defendants-appellants-petitioners Robert Kuhio Kupahu and Manuel Kupahu, aka Manuel Kupahu, Jr., the applications are hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, February 1, 2007.


Cynthia A. Kawagida,
for the defendant-appellant-
petitioner, Robert Kuhio
Kupahu, on the application

Jeffrey A. Hawk, Esq.,
of Hawk, Sing & Ignacio,
for defendant-appellant-
petitioner, Manuel Kupahu,
aka Manuel Kupahu, Jr.,
on the application




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