State v. Assaye

216 P.3d 1227 (2009)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent-Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

Abiye ASSAYE, Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant.

No. 29078.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

September 30, 2009.

Summer M.M. Kupau, (James S. Tabe, on the briefs), Deputy Public Defenders, for petitioner-defendant-appellant.

Brian R. Vincent, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent-plaintiff-appellee.

MOON, C.J., NAKAYAMA, and DUFFY, JJ., Circuit Judge MARKS, in Place of RECKTENWALD, J., Recused, and ACOBA, J., Concurring Separately.

Opinion of the Court by NAKAYAMA, J.

Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant, Abiye Assaye ("Assaye"), has applied…