NO. 27599



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I





STATE OF HAWAI`I
Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent,

vs.


ALBERTA K. SOUZA,
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 04-1-1183)






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 February 23, 2007, by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Alberta K. Souza and the opposition to petitioner Alberta A. Souza's petition for writ of certiorari filed on March 6, 2007, by the plaintiff-appellee-respondent State of Hawai`i, the application is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 22, 2007.



Eric A. Seitz
for Alberta K. Souza,
defendant-appellant-petitioner
on the application

Lawrence A. Goya,
Senior Deputy Attorney General,
for State of Hawai`i, plaintiff-
appellee-respondent on the
opposition




1.      Considered by: Levinson, Nakayama, and Duffy, JJ., Circuit Judge Wilson, in place of Moon, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Border, in place of Acoba, J., recused.