State v. Akau

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

On February 8, 2008, this court accepted a timely application for a writ of certiorari, filed by petitioner/ defendant-appellant Anthony Kalani Akau on January 7, 2008, requesting this court review the Intermediate Court of Appeals’ (ICA) October 11, 2007 judgment on appeal, entered pursuant to its September 21, 2007 summary disposition order (SDO). Therein, the ICA affirmed the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s1 October 15, 2004 judgment, convicting Akau of, and sentencing him for,—pursuant to his conditional guilty plea—three counts of promoting a…