State v. Kahawai

831 P.2d 936 (1992)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Ida Alohalani KAHAWAI, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 15446.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

June 5, 1992.

Certiorari Denied July 15, 1992.

Joyce K. Matsumori-Hoshijo, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

James M. Anderson, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., HEEN, J., and CRANDALL, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.[*]

HEEN, Judge.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the lower court erred in denying Defendant-Appellant Ida Alohalani Kahawai's (Defendant)…