Legal Opinion
State v. Nakata
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1994No. CR. NO. 90-1679; CR. NO. 90-1657; CR. NO. 90-1838; 17317, 17228PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOON, Chief Justice.
In 1990, defendants-appellants Glenn Na-kata, Alvin Lau, and Eddie Daoang (collectively, the defendants) each requested a jury trial in their individual case on the charge of first-offense driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4 (1985). Subsequently, the Hawaii State Legislature enacted Act 128, 1993 Haw.Sess.Laws 179 (Act 128), which amended the DUI statute by lowering the penalties for a first offense, with the intent of eliminating the right to a jury trial for a first-offense DUI charge. Act 128…
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