State v. Akau

185 P.3d 229 (2008)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Anthony Kalani AKAU, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

No. 26989.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 30, 2008.

Christopher R. Evans, Honolulu, for petitioner/defendant-appellant, on the application.

Loren J. Thomas, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent/plaintiff-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, and DUFFY, JJ.; NAKAYAMA, J., dissenting; ACOBA, J., concurring separately.

Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

On February 8, 2008, this court accepted a timely application for a writ of certiorari, filed by petitioner/ defendant-appellant…