Iaea v. Heely

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

Jonah M. Iaea seeks a writ prohibiting the Honorable Daniel G. Heely, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, from

continuing the separate trial of Counts IV through XI of Criminal No. 52765 against Petitioner on the ground that said prosecution of Petitioner regarding Counts V, V[I], and VIII through XI is barred on the ground of lack of jurisdictionf.]

The background leading up to the petition is as follows. In 1979, petitioner was indicted for three counts of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree, five counts of promoting…