STATE v. ESPIRITU

No. 27354.

176 P.3d 885 (2008)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee v. Christopher K. ESPIRITU, Petitioner/Defendant-Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

January 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia A. Kagiwada for petitioner/defendant-appellant.

Peter A. Hanano, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui, for respondent/plaintiff-appellee.

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


Opinion of the court by ACOBA, J.

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Christopher K. Espiritu (Petitioner) filed an application for writ of certiorari on October 3, 2007, seeking review of the judgment of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (the ICA) filed on July 5, 2007, pursuant to its May 31, 2007 Summary Disposition Order (SDO)1 affirming the May 18, 2005 judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit2 ...

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