NO. 26912



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



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


vs.


SOLOMON K. TAMPON, aka SOLOMON K. KALUA, aka SOLOMON K. KALANI,
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.
(Cr. No. 00-1-0179(2))



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



vs.


SOLOMON K. TAMPON, aka SOLOMON KAIHUE KALUA KALANI,
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.
(Cr. No. 00-1-0587(2))



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(Cr. Nos. 00-1-0179(2) and 00-1-0587(2))



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 August 7, 2007 by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Solomon K. Tampon, the application is hereby rejected as untimely, see Hawai`i Revised Statutes § 602-59(c) (Supp. 2006); Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40.1(a).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, August 13, 2007.



Richard D. Gronna,
attorney for defendant-
appellant-petitioner,
on the application




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