COULTER v. STATE

No. 27025.

172 P.3d 493 (2007)

Michael Edward COULTER, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant v. STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis J. Hironaka, Deputy Public Defender, (Sat K. Freedman, Deputy Public Defender, with her on the brief), for petitioner/petitioner-appellant.

Lisa M. Itomura, Deputy Attorney General, (Bryan C. Yee and Diane K. Taira, Deputy Attorneys General, with her on the briefs), for respondent/respondent-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by DUFFY, J.

Petitioner Michael Edward Coulter seeks review of the Intermediate Court of Appeals' (ICA) January 22, 2007 judgment, which affirmed the circuit court of the first circuit's November 29, 2004 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Denying Petition for Post-Conviction Relief.1 We accepted Coulter's application for a writ of certiorari and vacate the judgment of the ICA.

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