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WOLFE v. AU

No. 9888.

686 P.2d 16 (1984)

In the Matter of Charles WOLFE, Petitioner, v. Honorable Richard Y.C. AU, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, Respondent, State of Hawaii, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Chamness, Honolulu, on the writ for petitioner.

Alvin T. Nagao, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (with him on answer to petition for writ: Tany S. Hong, Atty. Gen., Michael A. Lilly and John Campbell, Jr., Deputy Attys. Gen., Charles F. Marsland, Jr., Pros. Atty., and Peter C.K. Fong, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for State of Hawaii.

Vernon F.L. Char, Honolulu (Michael K. Kawahara, Honolulu, with him on the brief; Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, Honolulu, of counsel), for amicus curiae.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Purporting to invoke the jurisdiction of this court pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 602-5(4), Petitioner Charles Wolfe prayed that a Writ of Prohibition issue to compel the Circuit Court of the First Circuit to effect his release from custody. Finding no basis for the exercise of our extraordinary powers, we summarily denied his petition. We now set forth in detail our reasons for doing so.

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