Dan v. State

MOON, Chief Justice.

Petitioner-appellant Richard I. Dan appeals from the Second Circuit Court’s orders denying his Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 40 petition and request for court-appointed counsel. Dan was previously convicted of assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-712(l)(a) (1985), 1 which conviction was summarily affirmed by this court in State v. Dan, No. 15050 (Haw. Dec. 18, 1991) (mem.).

On appeal, Dan essentially argues that: (1) he was denied effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel; and (2) because…