In re Interest of Doe

*612OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, J.

This is an appeal from an order granting the State’s Petition for Waiver of Jursidiction over then-juvenile John Doe, born on August 7, 1961. The waiver petition was orally granted by Judge Wendell K. Huddy of the First Circuit Family Court on July 27,1979 and entered by written order on August 20, 1979.

Appellant first argues that the court abused its discretion by finding “against both the evidence and the wording of HRS § 571-22(a)1 that Appellant posed a threat to the ‘safety of the community’ within the meaning of § 571-22(a)”. (Footnote added.)

Appellant…