State v. Coffee

Opinion of the Court by

FOLEY, J.

I

On November 25, 1998, Defendant-Appellant Nicole N. Coffee (Coffee) was charged by complaint in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit court) with the following:

Count I, Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUI-Drug), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) .§ 291-7 (1993); 1 and

Count II, Noneomplianee with Speed Limit, in violation of HRS § 291C-102(a) (1993). 2

The circuit court remanded the case to the District Court of the First Circuit, Honolulu Division (district court) for a bench trial. On November 18, 1999, Coffee was found guilty of…