State v. TUUA

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

LOPETI LUI TUUA, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 29125.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

April 29, 2010.

On the briefs:

Matthew S. Kohm, for Defendant-Appellant.

Pamela I. Lundquist, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney County of Maui, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NAKAMURA, C. J., FUJISE and LEONARD, JJ.

Defendant-Appellant Lopeti Lui Tuua (Tuua) appeals from the January 11, 2008 judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (circuit court),[1] convicting Tuua of Assault in the Second Degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-711 (1)…