Eli v. State

Seeking post-conviction relief 1 under Rule 40, Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure, appellant-petitioner Robert K. Eli, an inmate of the Hawaii State Prison, petitioned the circuit court in July 1977 for discharge from his sentence of imprisonment of 50 years 2 meted to him in April 1972 as a result of his plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree. The petition was denied by the lower court, which ruled that petitioner’s plea of guilty was knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily made and that petitioner was neither denied effective assistance of counsel nor substantial rights of…