State v. Cordeiro

56 P.3d 692 (2002)

99 Hawai`i 390

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Gordon J. CORDEIRO, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 22065.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 7, 2002.

Reconsideration Denied November 6, 2002.

Dwight C.H. Lum, Honolulu, on the briefs, for the defendant-appellant, Gordon J. Cordeiro.

Simone C. Polak (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney), on the briefs, for the plaintiff-appellee, State of Hawai`i.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, J., NAKAYAMA, J., and RAMIL, J., and Circuit Judge McKENNA, assigned by reason of vacancy; and NAKAYAMA, J., concurring separately, and with whom RAMIL, J., joins.

Opinion of the…