State v. Birano

126 P.3d 357 (2006)

109 Hawai'i 314

STATE of Hawai'i, Respondent-Appellee,

v.

Arthur BIRANO, Petitioner-Appellant.

No. 25699.

Supreme Court of Hawai'i.

January 11, 2006.

Jeffrey A. Hawk (of Hawk, Sing & Ignacio) for petitioner-appellant, on the writ.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, and NAKAYAMA, JJ.; DUFFY, J., dissenting, with whom ACOBA, J., joins.

Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

Defendant-appellant Arthur Birano timely petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' (ICA) published opinion in State v. Birano, No. 25699, 109 Hawai`i 327, 126 P.3d 370 (Haw.App.…