State v. Forman

Opinion of the Court by

FUJISE, J.

Defendant-Appellant Stephen P. Forman, also known as Brazil (Forman), appeals from the August 11, 2010 judgment of conviction, entered in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit court). 1 A jury found For-man guilty of one count of Unauthorized Control of Propelled Vehicle (UCPV), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 708-836 (Supp. 2010).

Forman raises two points of error: (1) that the circuit court erred by admitting testimony that the company that owned the moped he was riding when stopped by police had no rental contract authorizing Forman…