STATE v. PITTS

No. SCWC-30559.

319 P.3d 456 (2014)

131 Haw. 537

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph PITTS, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

January 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin O'Grady , Honolulu, for petitioner.

Sonja P. McCullen , for respondent.

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


Opinion of the Court by McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This court accepted Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Joseph Pitts' Application for Writ of Certiorari1 and ordered supplemental briefing addressing whether the circuit court erred in not appointing substitute counsel for Pitts for post-verdict motions and sentencing. We hold that the circuit court2 erred by not appointing substitute counsel for Pitts...

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