NO. 27145



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI´I





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


vs.


GREGORY AWANA, Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant.






CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 03-1-1913)




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

Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant's application for writ of certiorari filed on August 14, 2007, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai´i, September 21, 2007.



David J. Gierlach for
petitioner-defendant-appellant
on the application


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