State v. Mita

245 P.3d 458 (2010)

STATE of Hawai`i, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Wanda Ruriko MITA, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.

No. 29347.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 21, 2010.

Gary Y. Okuda (Leu & Okuda), Honolulu, on the briefs, for defendant-appellant.

Peter B. Carlisle, Prosecuting Attorney, James M. Anderson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellee.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, J., and Circuit Judge LEE in place of MOON, C.J., recused, and ACOBA, J., dissenting, with whom DUFFY, J., joins.

Opinion of the Court by RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Wanda Ruriko Mita was charged with…