ORDER DISMISSING APPLICATION FOR
TRANSFER
(By:
Moon, C.J. for the court
(1))
Upon consideration
of the application for transfer filed by petitioner/defendant-appellant
Alison Noboru Matsuda on May 5, 2008, the papers in support and the
record, it appears that the application for transfer was filed by
petitioner pro
se, but that petitioner is represented by appointed appellate
counsel. Petitioner
has not obtained appointed counsel's discharge pursuant to HRAP 50(c)
or
withdrawal from the appellate court or the circuit court pursuant to
HRAP 50(b),
and petitioner does not have a constitutional right to hybrid
representation. State v.
Hirano, 8 Haw. App. 330, 333-36, 802 P.2d 482, 484-85, cert.
denied, 71
Haw. 668, 833 P.2d 901 (1990). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application for transfer is dismissed without
prejudice to an application for transfer filed by appointed counsel of
record or
by petitioner pro se upon appointed counsel's discharge or
withdrawal effected by
the appellate court or the circuit court.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, May 30, 2008.