State v. Lee

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WATANABE, J.

Defendant-Appellant Gregory G. Lee (Defendant) appeals from the judgment and sentence entered by the District Court of the Second Circuit, following his conviction of Terroristic Threatening in the Second Degree, a violation of Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 707-715 and 707-717 (1985). The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the defense counsel’s motions for continuance, made on the day of trial. We affirm.

I

The first motion, made at the outset of trial on October 22, 1991, advanced two reasons for…