Raines v. State

KLEIN, Acting Chief Justice.

Todd James Raines was convicted of murder and two counts of forgery in 1985. He received a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole and two concurrent five-year prison terms. Although Raines filed a timely notice of appeal, he later withdrew it. Subsequently, Raines filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which the circuit court denied. Raines now appeals from the circuit court’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order denying his petition for post-conviction relief.

I. BACKGROUND

Raines moved to Hawaii from California in April 1984.…