STATE v. BRIGHTER

No. 25269.

105 P.3d 1197 (2005)

106 Hawai`i 391

STATE of Hawai'i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carolyn BRIGHTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai'i.

January 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traci Rei Morita, deputy public defender, State of Hawai'i (Cindy A.L. Goodness, deputy public defender, State of Hawai'i, on the briefs) for defendant-appellant.

Janet R. Garcia, deputy prosecuting attorney, County of Hawai'i, for plaintiff-appellee.

WATANABE, Acting C.J., and LIM, J.; with FOLEY, J., Concurring Separately.


Opinion of the Court by WATANABE, Acting C.J.

Defendant-Appellant Carolyn Brighter (Brighter, Miss Brighter, or Ms. Brighter) appeals from the "Order Granting [Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawai'i's (the State)] Motion to Impose Suspended Fine" entered on July 15, 2002 by the District Court of the Third Circuit (the district court).1 We conclude that the district court lacked authority to impose...

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