STATE v. ADAMS

No. 16721.

879 P.2d 513 (1994)

76 Hawai`i 408

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barton J. ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Hodgson Park, Dewey H. Kim, Jr. and Joanne L. Ha'o, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Renee M.L. Yuen (Richard K. Perkins with her on the briefs, of Yuen & Perkins), Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Before MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, JJ., and Circuit Court Judge AIONA in Place of RAMIL, J., Recused.


KLEIN, Justice.

This appeal involves a plea agreement entered into between defendant-appellant Barton J. Adams and the State of Hawai`i. Faced with a 21-count indictment for medical assistance (Medicaid) fraud and theft, Adams agreed to plead no contest to one count of Medicaid fraud in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 346-43.5 (1985) in exchange for, inter alia, the State's promise to "stand silent ... and not oppose" his requests for a deferred...

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