State v. Tuan Quoc Nguyen

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Tuan Quoc Nguyen, a resident alien, appeals from the denial of his Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 32(d) motion to withdraw his 1985 “no contest” plea to Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree. Based on our review of the record, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 18, 1975, Nguyen immigrated from Vietnam to the United States. Since his immigration, Nguyen has lived in the United States as a resident alien and has continued to retain his Vietnamese citizenship.

On November 16, 1984, Police Officers David Shishido and Carl Washington…