State v. Guidry

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

In State v. Bani, 97 Hawai'i 285, 36 P.3d 1255 (2001), this court invalidated the notification or disclosure element of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 846E-3 (Supp.2001), which authorized public agencies to release relevant and necessary information regarding a convicted sex offender. Id. at 287, 36 P.3d at 1257. It was held that “the absence of any procedural safeguards in the public notification provision of HRS chapter 846E renders the public notification portion of HRS chapter 846E unconstitutional, void, and unenforceable.” Id. Following our holding in…