State v. McElroy

98 P.3d 250 (2004)

105 Haw. 379

STATE of Hawai'i, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Jason McELROY, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 25190.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai'i.

June 29, 2004.

Certiorari Granted August 2, 2004.

Loren J. Thomas, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edward K. Harada, Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs, for Defendant-Appellant.

BURNS, C.J., and WATANABE, J.; and NAKAMURA, J., dissenting.

Opinion of the Court by BURNS, C.J.

Jason McElroy (McElroy or Defendant) appeals from the June 7, 2002 Judgment of the First Circuit Court[1]…