State v. Plichta

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

We accepted the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner James George Plichta’s application for a writ of certiorari in order to review the summary disposition order (SDO) of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in State v. Plichta, 112 Hawai'i 471, 146 P.3d 631 (App. 2006). The ICA affirmed the judgment of the first circuit court, the Honorable Karl K. Sakamoto presiding, convicting Plichta of first degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 708-836.5 (Supp.1996)1 (Counts I & III), robbery in the first degree,…