State v. Espiritu

176 P.3d 885 (2008)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

Christopher K. ESPIRITU, Petitioner/Defendant-Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

No. 27354.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

January 28, 2008.

Cynthia A. Kagiwada for petitioner/defendant-appellant.

Peter A. Hanano, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui, for respondent/plaintiff-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.; and NAKAYAMA, J., Dissenting.

Opinion of the court by ACOBA, J.

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Christopher K. Espiritu (Petitioner) filed an application for writ of certiorari on October 3, 2007, seeking…