Marks v. State

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: August 15, 2024
• Docket: SCPW-24-0000392
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 15-AUG-2024 08:09 AM Dkt. 9 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

DONALD MARKS, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DENYING PETITION WITHOUT PREJUDICE (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., and Circuit Judge Castagnetti, in place of Devens, J., recused)

Upon consideration of a letter filed on May 29, 2024, which

we construe as a petition for writ of mandamus, and the record,

Petitioner has a pending appeal before the Intermediate Court of

Appeals (ICA) in CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX that seeks review of the

circuit court’s decision that denied Petitioner’s Hawaiʻi Rules

of Penal Procedure Rule 40 petition for post-conviction relief.

Petitioner also has a motion for appointment of counsel before

the ICA in the same appeal. An extraordinary writ is not

intended to be used to interfere with or control the ICA’s decision on the merits of the appeal or a motion. See Womble

Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537 P.3d

1154, 1166 (2023).

It is ordered that the petition is denied without prejudice

to consideration by the ICA. The same letter was filed in

CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, August 15, 2024.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Jeannette H. Castagnetti