STATE v. KAHAWAI

No. 15446.

831 P.2d 936 (1992)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ida Alohalani KAHAWAI, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

Certiorari Denied July 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce K. Matsumori-Hoshijo, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

James M. Anderson, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., HEEN, J., and CRANDALL, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


HEEN, Judge.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the lower court erred in denying Defendant-Appellant Ida Alohalani Kahawai's (Defendant) motion to dismiss for violation of her speedy trial rights under Rule 48(b), Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) (1977).1 The specific question is whether the trial court correctly concluded that court congestion due to exceptional circumstances supported the exclusion of a sufficient...

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