State v. Wilson

NAKAMURA, CHIEF JUDGE, AND FUJISE AND CHAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAMURA, C.J.

Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawai'i (State) charged Defendant-Appellant Kevin T. Wilson (Wilson) with first-degree terroristic threatening for committing terroristic threatening with the use of a dangerous weapon. The charge arose from an incident in which Wilson allegedly threatened to kill the complaining witness (CW), his then girlfriend, and lunged toward her while holding a knife. After a jury-waived bench trial, the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court)1 found Wilson guilty as charged. The…