Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-10-0000003 01-NOV-2010 12:12 PM NO. SCWC-10-0000003

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

MELVIN DE FREITAS, JR., Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29808; S.P.P. NO. 09-1-0010)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Duffy, J., for the court1)

Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Melvin De Freitas Jr.’s

application for writ of certiorari, filed on September 27, 2010,

is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 1, 2010.

FOR THE COURT:

/s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

Associate Justice

Melvin De Freitas, Jr. petitioner/petitioner- appellant pro se on the application

1 Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ. and Circuit Judge Nishimura, assigned by reason of vacancy.