State v. Rauch

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The defendant-appellant Lovisa Rauch appeals from the first circuit court’s amended judgment of conviction of and sentence for the offense of reckless manslaughter, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-702 (1993 & Supp.1999), 1 filed on September 22, 1999. Rauch’s points of error on appeal are: (1) that the family court of the first circuit erred in waiving jurisdiction over her because it (a) misconstrued HRS § 571-22(d) (1993 & Supp.1998) 2 to mandate waiver and (b) violated principles of double jeopardy; 3 and (2) that the first circuit…