State v. BEREDAY

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAMURA, J.

Defendant-Appellant Mariko Davis Bere-day (Bereday) appeals from two December 18, 2006, Judgments 1 entered by the District Court of the First Circuit (district court). 2 Bereday was orally charged with two counts of negligent failure to control a dangerous dog, in violation of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu (ROH) § 7-7.2 (1990 & Supp. No. 7, 8-05 & Supp. No. 12, 2-08). 3 The charges were based on allegations that Bereday negligently failed to prevent her dog, a Rottweiler named “Bobo,” from attacking and biting a two-year-old boy and a five-year-old…