State v. Mageo

ACOBA, Judge.

The State of Hawai'i (State) appeals from a district court order entered on October 30, 1992, dismissing two charges against Defendant-Appellant Romeo Fagauai Mageo (Defendant) for driving without no-fault insurance, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 431:100-104 (Special Pamphlet 1987 and Supp.1992). The district court apparently held that Defendant had not been served with penal summonses in a timely manner, referring to Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 9, or, in the alternative, that HRPP Rule 48 applied to Defendant, who had not been brought to trial…