State v. Godines.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Dannette H. Godines received a citation for operating a vehicle without motor vehicle insurance in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 431:100-104 (2005). 1 The District Court of the Third Circuit 2 found Godines guilty and sentenced her to a $500 fíne. Upon appeal to the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), Godines requested waiver of her transcript costs under HRS § 802-7 (1979). 3 The ICA denied her request for waiver, reasoning that Godines was not a “criminal defendant” as required by the statute. After several more attempts to get her…