State v. Cadus

Defendant-Appellant Anthony Lorenz Cadus (Cadus) appeals his conviction for reckless driving pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-2 (Supp. 1988). At the trial, Cadus had pled not guilty to the oral charge, Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawaii (State) had then presented the prosecution case, Cadus had thereafter moved for a dismissal arguing that the charge was insufficient, but the trial court had denied the motion as untimely raised. Cadus contends that the trial court erred because 1) the deficient charge could be noted atany time as a jurisdictional defect; and 2) State’s evidence…