Najera v. State

NAKAMURA, CHIEF JUDGE, AND FUJISE, J., WITH REIFURTH, J., DISSENTING

OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAMURA, CHIEF JUDGE

Petitioner-Appellant Jorge Najera (Najera) is a citizen of Mexico. He was born in Mexico, but came to Hawai'i with his uncle when he was ten years old. He married a United States citizen in 1999 and became a permanent resident alien in 2001, when he was twenty years old. Najera and his wife have four children.

In 2010, Najera was charged with drug offenses, including the main charge of attempted methamphetamine trafficking in the first degree that carried significant mandatory…