NO. 28445



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I





MASON HAROLD HIRAKAWA, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(S.P.P. NO. 06-1-0009; CR. NOS. 02-1-1700 and 04-1-0321)





ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Duffy, J., for the court, and
Acoba, J., dissenting (1))

Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Mason Harold Hirakawa's application for a writ of certiorari, filed on July 28, 2008, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, August 27, 2008.



Mason Harold Hirakawa,
petitioner/petitioner-
appellant pro se,
on the application




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