State v. Locquiao

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

We granted the defendant-appellant-petitioner Arthur Corla Locquiao’s application for a writ of certiorari in order to review the *198published opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in State v. Locquiao, 100 Haw. 314, 59 P.3d 949 (App.2002) [hereinafter, “the ICA’s opinion”]. The ICA’s opinion affirmed the judgment of the first circuit court1 convicting Locquiao of and sentencing him for the offenses of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1243 (Supp.2001),2 and unlawful use of drug…