NO. 27749



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I




STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee


vs.


ARTHUR SAMOA GUTUTALA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NOS. 05-1-1378 and 05-1-1921)







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

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Arthur Samoa Gututala's application for a writ of certiorari, filed on November 1, 2007, is hereby accepted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, December 7, 2007.




Phyllis J. Hironaka,
Deputy Public Defender,
for petitioner/defendant-
appellant on the application



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