State v. Lau

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

In March 1992, plaintiff-appellee State of Hawaii (State) charged defendant-appellant Herbert Sui Ung Lau with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(1) & (a)(2) (Supp.1992). In addition, the State charged Lau with Driving Without License in violation of HRS § 286-102 (1985). Lau demanded a jury trial and the case was committed for trial in the First Circuit Court. On April 13, 1993, sixteen months after Lau’s arrest and prior to his jury trial, Lau filed a motion to dismiss all counts, claiming that…