State v. Gomes

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Keith Daniels Gomes (Petitioner) filed an application for writ of certiorari on October 31, 2007, seeking review of the judgment of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (the ICA) filed on August 2, 2007, pursuant to its Summary Disposition Order (SDO) filed on July 11, 2007,1 affirming the March 28, 2006 judgment of the first circuit court2 (the court) in Cr. No. 05-1-1181,3 convicting Petitioner of bribery of a Witness, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 710-1070 (1993), and sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment.4 We hold that the…