In the Interest of Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

Juvenile-Appellant John Doe appeals from a decree of the Family Court of the First Circuit adjudging him to be a law violator within the purview of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-11(1) (1985). 1 The decree, he urges, should be vacated because the family court erred in the course of the hearing on the petition alleging he came within the purview of HRS § 571-11(1) because he committed an act which would have been a crime under HRS § 707 — 736(I)(b) (1985), 2 Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, if committed by an adult. Concluding from a review of the…