Marks v. Morikawa

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

13-DEC-2023

08:11 AM

Dkt. 16 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

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DONALD B. MARKS,

Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE TRISH K. MORIKAWA, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

STATE OF HAWAIʻI,

Respondent.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CASE NO. 1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., Circuit Judge Crabtree and Circuit Judge Kawashima, assigned by reason of vacancies)

Upon consideration of the renewed petition filed on October 24, 2023, the answer filed on December 7, 2023, and the record, the Respondent Judge filed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and an order denying Petitioner’s Hawaiʻi Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 40 petition without a hearing.

It is ordered that the renewed petition is dismissed as moot.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, December 13, 2023.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Jeffrey P. Crabtree

/s/ James S. Kawashima