State v. Canosa

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-11-0001051

17-JUN-2014

01:44 PM

SCWC-11-0001051

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I,

Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs.

STANLEY CANOSA,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0001051; CR. NO. 09-1-1524)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Stanley Canosa’s

Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on May 6, 2014, is

hereby rejected.1

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 17, 2014.

Emmanuel V. Tipon /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

Sonja P. McCullen for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

1

Upon retrial, the trial court may consider the appropriateness of an “inference” instruction. See State v. Steger, 114 Hawai'i 162, 171 n.18, 158 P.3d 280, 289 n.18 (2006); State v. Matafeo, 71 Haw. 183, 189, 787 P.2d 671, 674 (1990) (Wakatsuki, J., concurring); Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51, 59-60 (1988) (Stevens, J., concurring).