STATE v. HERNANDEZ

SCWC-15-0000067.

431 P.3d 1274 (2018)

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

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reiko A. Bryant , Audrey L. Stanley , Honolulu, for petitioner.

James M. Anderson , Sonja P. McCullen , for respondent.

McKENNA, POLLACK, and WILSON, JJ., WITH NAKAYAMA, J., CONCURRING AND DISSENTING, WITH WHOM RECKTENWALD, C.J., JOINS.


In this appeal, Pierre Hernandez challenges the validity of his no contest plea and the sentence imposed, both of which occurred after the trial court found that Hernandez had waived his presence at the court proceeding by the filing of a document signed by Hernandez and a declaration by his counsel. We first...

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