State v. Kaufman

Opinion of the court by

MOON, C.J.

Defendant-appellant Allen Edward Kaufman timely petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to review the summary disposition order of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in State v. Kaufman, 92 Hawai'i 691, 994 P.2d 623 (1999). Therein, the ICA affirmed the first circuit court’s September 10, 1998 order granting the prosecution’s motion to set aside Kaufman’s deferred acceptance of guilty (DAG) plea and accept Kaufman’s guilty plea for judgment of conviction and sentence. In his petition, Kaufman argued for the reversal of the September 10, 1998 order…