State v. Ross

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAYAMA, J.

We granted certiorari to review the memorandum opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), filed on August 27, 1998. The ICA vacated the trial court’s conviction of respondent-defendant-appellant Henry Ross (Ross) on one count of harassment and remanded for a new trial. The ICA also held that: 1) the complaint sufficiently apprised Ross of the charges against him; 2) the trial court denied Ross his right to presentence allocution; 3) the trial court improperly con sidered Ross’s purported inability to pay a fine as a factor in imposing a jail…