STATE v. WONG

No. 15481.

861 P.2d 759 (1993)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Herbert WONG, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

November 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson W.S. Goo, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Charlotte J. Duarte (Doraine M. Belnap, on the brief), Deputy Pros. Attys., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and WATANABE, JJ.


BURNS, Chief Judge.

This case commenced when the State of Hawaii's (State) April 24, 1990 complaint filed in the family court charged defendant Herbert Wong (Wong) with the Abuse of Family and Household Members, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 709-906 (1985 and Supp.1992), a misdemeanor. HRS § 571-14 (Supp.1992) gives the family court the exclusive original jurisdiction over HRS § 709-906 cases.

On May 29, 1990, Wong filed a "Motion for Order...

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