STATE v. SALAVEA

SCWC-16-0000386.

465 P.3d 1011 (2020)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cari SALAVEA also known as Cari Carveiro, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall H. Hironaka , Honolulu, for petitioner.

Sonja P. McCullen , Honolulu, for respondent.

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


Under article I, section 14 of the Hawai`i Constitution and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, defendants in criminal cases are provided with the right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial. The defendant in this case contends that she was denied this right because her trial counsel...

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