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STATE EX REL. MARSLAND v. AMES

No. 13324.

788 P.2d 1281 (1990)

STATE of Hawaii ex rel. Charles F. MARSLAND, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, Petitioner, v. Bruce S. AMES, Judge of the District Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, and Aleki F. Mafi, Real Party in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Koenig, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the writ, for petitioner.

Steven T. Barta, contra, Honolulu, for respondent Mafi.

Before LUM, C.J., PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ., and NAKAMURA, Retired Justice, Assigned by reason of vacancy.

PER CURIAM.

The State petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Ames to vacate two virtually identical pretrial discovery orders issued in State v. Mafi, wherein Defendant Mafi is charged, inter alia, with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI), pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes § 291-4. The government alleges "Judge Ames clearly abused his judicial discretion and exceeded his authority" under Rule 16(d) of...

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