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NO. 29429 lN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWA" §§ §c. 35 msi §§ §§ »'~ "" §Y"z-! .W '“** STATE 0F HAWAFl, Petitioner~Appellee,S§§§ 59 §§ § w vS. Y”§Y :z §g€> __ ""§, 3 MATSU THORNTON, ReSpondent-Appellee, 3 §§ and HOWARD GIPSON, Defendant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CR. NO. 07-l~O202) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Moon, C.J., for the courtH Petitioner-appellee State of Hawaii’S application for writ of certiorari, filed March l5, 20lO, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Hono1ulu, HawaiEq Apri1 12, 2010.

James M. Anderson, Deputy ProSecuting Attorney,rfor petitioner-appellee FOR THE COURT:

l ConSidered by: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Nishimura, in place of Recktenwald, J., recused.

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