State v. Myers

Opinion of the Court by

WATANABE, Acting C.J.

Defendant-Appellant Spencer Myers (Myers or Mr. Myers) urges this court to reverse the August 22, 2002 Judgment of the Family Court of the Second Circuit (the family court)1 that convicted and sentenced him for abuse of a family or household member, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes section 709-906 (Supp.2003), claiming that the family court failed to obtain a valid waiver of his constitutional right to a jury trial.

We disagree and accordingly, affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Pursuant to a written Complaint filed on March 18, 2002, Myers was charged, in…