Carlisle ex rel. State v. Ten Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($10,447.00)

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

Interested person-appellant Matsuji Shi-mabuku appeals from the judgment of the first circuit court, the Honorable Michael A. Town presiding, in favor of petitioner-appel-lee Peter B. Carlisle (petitioner). Specifically, Shimabuku appeals from the circuit court’s final judgment, filed on August 9, 2000, granting the Verified Petition for Forfeiture (Petition) and ordering forfeiture of $3,200.00 to the State of Hawai'i (State). Based on the following, we vacate the judgment of the first circuit court insofar as it ordered the forfeiture of $3,200.00 but affirm…