State v. Fields

Dissenting Opinion by

ACOBA, J.

I respectfully dissent.

In his Application for Writ of Certiorari Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Reginald Fields (Petitioner or Fields) contends that the Intermediate Court of Appeals (the ICA) gravely erred (1) by failing to find that the admission of the hearsay statements of Melinda Staggs (Staggs) and Dave Richards (Richards) did not violate the confrontation clause of the Hawai'i Constitution, (2) by declining to find plain error and in abdicating judicial review in favor of a Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 40 Petition, and (3) by not vacating…