LITTLETON v. STATE

No. 10057.

708 P.2d 824 (1985)

Ethel S. LITTLETON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE of Hawaii, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi (Craig H. Uyehara with him on the writ), Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee.

Dan T. Kochi, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for respondent-appellant.

Before PADGETT, Acting C.J., HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ., SIMEON R. ACOBA, Jr., First Circuit Judge, in place of LUM, C.J., Disqualified, and RONALD T.Y. MOON, First Circuit Judge, in place of NAKAMURA, J., Recused.


WAKATSUKI, Justice.

On a petition for writ of certiorari, the questions before this court are: (1) whether interest on a judgment against the State should be the 4% specified in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 662-8,1 rather than the 10% specified in HRS § 478-2;2 (2) whether the interest should be computed from the date of the judgment on appeal rather than the trial court's original judgment.

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