State v. Bailey

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Peter Kalani Bailey was convicted in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit on four counts of attempted sexual assault in the first degree in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 705-500 and 707-730(l)(b), cited infra, in relation to an incident on July 22,2007 in which Bailey allegedly attempted to engage in four acts of sexual penetration with MM, who was twelve years old at the time. 1 The ICA affirmed Bailey’s convictions. State v. Bailey, No. 30278, 125 Hawai'i 245, 2011 WL 2520275 (Haw.App. Apr. 25,2011).

Several events occurred during…