State v. Bringas

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Defendant-Appellant Adrian-John C. Bringas, also known as AdrianJohn Bringas (Bringas ), appeals from the Judgment of Conviction and Sentence (Judgment ) entered on June 21, 2017, in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court ), against him and in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee the State of Hawai'i (State ).1

On April 19, 2016, Bringas was indicted by a grand jury and charged with (1) one count of Murder in the Second Degree, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS ) § 707-701.5 (2014) (Murder Second ),2 in the death of minor WS (WS ), and (2) one count of…