STATE v. TOPASNA

No. 22606.

16 P.3d 849 (2000)

94 Hawai`i 444

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred TOPASNA, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

November 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose Anne Fletcher, Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs, for defendant-appellant.

Mangmang Qiu Brown, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellee.

WATANABE, Acting C.J., LIM and FOLEY, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by LIM, J.

In his appeal of the circuit court of the first circuit's May 21, 1999 judgment, guilty conviction and sentence, Defendant-Appellant Alfred Topasna (Topasna) contends that the court abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas.

Throughout his change-of-plea colloquy with the court, Topasna was extremely hesitant and reluctant to change his pleas. Topasna changed his mind immediately after changing...

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