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STATE v. NAKATA

Nos. 17317, 17228.

878 P.2d 699 (1994)

76 Hawai`i 360

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Glenn NAKATA, Defendant-Appellant (CR. NO. 90-1679). STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin K.L. LAU, Defendant-Appellant (CR. NO. 90-1657). STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie DAOANG, Defendant-Appellant (CR. NO. 90-1838). Jon David WHITTINGTON, Petitioner, v. James H. DANNENBERG, in his capacity as Judge of the District Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai`i, and all other District Court Judges of the State of Hawai`i, State of Hawai`i, the real party in interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Amended, Reconsideration Denied August 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cunney (Arthur E. Ross and Robert D. Eheler, Jr., with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for defendants-appellants Glenn Nakata and Alvin K.L. Lau in No. 17317.

Theodore Y.H. Chinn, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant Eddie Daoang in No. 17317.

James M. Anderson, Deputy Prosecuting Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee State of Hawai`i in No. 17317.

Steven S. Michaels (Gerard D. Lau, with him on the amicus brief), Deputies Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for amicus curiae Atty. Gen. of Hawai`i in No. 17317.

Paul J. Cunney, Arthur E. Ross and Robert D. Eheler, Jr., on the writ, Honolulu, for petitioner Jon David Whittington in No. 17228.

Steven S. Michaels, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for respondents in No. 17228.

Arthur E. Ross, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants Glenn Nakata and Alvin K.L. Lau in No. 17317 and for petitioner Jon David Whittington in No. 17228 (on motion for reconsideration).

Theodore Y.H. Chinn, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant Eddie Daoang in No. 17317 (on motion for reconsideration).

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.

MOON, Chief Justice.

In 1990, defendants-appellants Glenn Nakata, Alvin Lau, and Eddie Daoang (collectively, the defendants) each requested a jury trial in their individual case on the charge of first-offense driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4 (1985). Subsequently, the Hawai`i State Legislature enacted Act 128, 1993 Haw.Sess.Laws 179 (Act 128), which amended the DUI statute by lowering...

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