In the Interest of PP

Opinion of the Court by

LEONARD, J.

Minor-Appellant PP (Minor) appeals from the Decree Re: Law Violation Petition(s) (Decree), entered on January 4, 2013, in the Family Court of the First Circuit (Family Court), wherein the Family Court found that Minor had violated Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-717(1) (1993), Terroristic Threatening in the Second Degree.1

On appeal, Minor contends that there was insufficient evidence to find that he violated HRS § 707-717 and that the Family Court erred by failing to ensure that Minor’s waiver of the right to testify was made knowingly, intelligently, and…