Smith v. State

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 06-MAR-2024 09:33 AM Dkt. 11 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

DEXTER SMITH, Petitioner,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

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

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., Circuit Judge Cataldo in place of Ginoza, J., recused, and Circuit Judge Malinao in place of Devens, J., recused)

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of habeas

corpus filed December 11, 2023, and the record, court inaction

may be addressed through a writ of mandamus issued to the

circuit court. Petitioner has not presented a special reason

for this court to invoke its original jurisdiction in a habeas

corpus proceeding. See Oili v. Chang, 57 Haw. 411, 412, 557

P.2d 787, 788 (1976); see also Gordon v. Maesaka-Hirata, 143

Hawaiʻi 335, 360 n.36, 431 P.3d 708, 733 n.36 (2018) (noting that habeas corpus may be available pre-conviction, but not as post-

conviction relief due to Hawaiʻi Rules of Penal Procedure Rule

40(a) (2006)).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 6, 2024.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa W. Cataldo

/s/ Clarissa Y. Malinao