State v. Lee

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: November 14, 2014
• Docket: SCPW-14-0001233
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-14-0001233 14-NOV-2014 11:41 AM

SCPW-14-0001233

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE RANDAL K.O. LEE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the

First Circuit, State of Hawai'i, Respondent Judge,

and

TRACY T. YOSHIMURA, EUGENE M. SIMEONA, JR., MICHAEL D.

MILLER, MICHAEL A. MADALI, JR., CLAYTON SIMEONA,

DESIREE U. HAINA, QUENTIN D.R. CANENCIA, GARY G. DANLEY, JR.,

and ALEXANDER R. ALEJANDRO, Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CR. NO. 14-1-0717)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION

AND STAY OF PROCEEDINGS

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Upon consideration of Petitioner State of Hawai'i’s petition for a writ of prohibition and stay of proceedings, filed on October 29, 2014, the documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that Petitioner fails to demonstrate that the Respondent Judge acted or is acting beyond or in excess of his jurisdiction in finding that he had limited and inherent jurisdiction to consider the reconsideration motion and in scheduling the evidentiary hearing. See Honolulu

Adv., Inc. v. Takao, 59 Haw. 237, 241, 580 P.2d 58, 62 (1978) (a

writ of prohibition “is an extraordinary remedy . . . to restrain

a judge of an inferior court from acting beyond or in excess of

his jurisdiction”). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 14, 2014. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson