STATE v. CHONG HUNG HAN

No. SCWC-11-0000814.

306 P.3d 128 (2013)

130 Haw. 83

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHONG HUNG HAN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Corrected July 10 and July 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan S. Tokunaga , for petitioner.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that under Tachibana v. State, 79 Haw. 226, 900 P.2d 1293 (1995) and State v. Lewis, 94 Haw. 292, 12 P.3d 1233 (2000), a colloquy between the judge and a defendant involves a verbal exchange in which the judge ascertains the defendant's understanding of the defendant's rights...

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