State v. Montalbo

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, CJ.

Defendant-appellant Charles Montalbo (appellant) was convicted of Assault in the Second Degree, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707 — 711(1 Xd), Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree, HRS §§ 705-500 and 707-730(l)(a), and Sexual Assault in the First Degree, HRS § 707-730(1 )(a). On appeal, he claims that Circuit Court Judge Boyd P. Mossman improperly lifted a discovery sanction previously imposed by Judge E. John McConnell. Appellant also maintains the trial court should have granted his motion in limine to exclude evidence showing that his DNA 1 matched…