NO. 26973



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I





VERNON SILK, Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner,


vs.


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



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(S.P.P. No. 03-1-0049)





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

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on March 29, 2007 by the petitioner-appellant-petitioner Vernon Silk, the application is hereby accepted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, May 2, 2007.



Stuart N. Fujioka, of
Nishioka & Fujioka,
for the petitioner-
appellant-petitioner
Vernon Silk,
on the application



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