RAINES v. STATE

No. 16705.

900 P.2d 1286 (1995)

79 Hawai`i 219

Todd James RAINES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Amended on Grant of Clarification or Reconsideration July 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Van Name Esser (Willard J. Peterson with him on the briefs, of Peterson & Esser), Honolulu, for petitioner-appellant.

Caroline M. Mee, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for respondent-appellee.

Before KLEIN, Acting C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, RAMIL, JJ., and YIM, Circuit Court Judge, in place of MOON, C.J., Recused.


KLEIN, Acting Chief Justice.

Todd James Raines was convicted of murder and two counts of forgery in 1985. He received a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole and two concurrent five-year prison terms. Although Raines filed a timely notice of appeal, he later withdrew it. Subsequently, Raines filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which the circuit court denied. Raines now appeals from the circuit...

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