State ex rel. Kaneshiro v. Huddy

Petitioner State of Hawai'i sought a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge (hereinafter “Respondent Judge”) in State v. Graham, Cr. No. 94-1048 (1st Cir. Haw. heard May 15, 1996) (granting motion to exclude testimony of state’s expert Vincent Di Maio or, in the alternative, to continue trial week), to (1) vacate his oral ruling *190granting Defendant-Respondent Garreth A. Graham’s motion to exclude the testimony of the State’s proposed expert, Dr. Vincent Di Malo, and (2) grant an emergency stay of the proceedings in Graham’s criminal trial. On May 21,1996, we issued an order (1) requesting…