State v. West

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C. J.

Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 641-13 (1993), 2 petitioner-plaintiff-appellee State of Hawai'i (the prosecution) timely petitions this court for a writ of certio-rari to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in State v. West, 95 Hawaii 484, 24 P.3d 680 (App.2000). Therein, the ICA vacated the second circuit court’s 3 judgment, guilty conviction, and sentence of respondent-defendant-appellant Lloyd T. West (Defendant) for seven counts of first degree sexual assault and remanded this case for new trial.

The alleged error in…