NO. 27764



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I




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


vs.


WILLIAM MAINAAUPO, JR., Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.





CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. No. 05-1-1213)





ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for writ of certiorari filed on December 11, 2007 by the defendant-appellant-petitioner William Mainaaupo, Jr., the application is hereby accepted.

IT IS ORDERED that oral arguments shall be conducted in this case. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, January 18, 2008.



James S. Tabe,
    for the defendant-appellant-petitioner
    William Mainaaupo, Jr.,
    on the application



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