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

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