State v. Reis

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiff-appellant State of Hawaii [hereinafter, “the prosecution”] appeals from the January 11, 2005 judgment of conviction and probation of the circuit court of the first circuit, the Honorable Steven S. Aim presiding, convicting the defendant-appellee Susan Reis in Criminal (Cr.) No. 04-1-0028 of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree (Count I), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1243 (Supp.2002), unlawful use of drug paraphernalia (Count II), *81in violation of HRS § 329-43.5(a) (1993), and prostitution, in violation of HRS §…