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   State Courts - Hawaii - March 6 - March 9, 2007

  
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Cook, NO. 28300, SUPREME COURT OF HAWAI'I, March 6, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Pursuant to Haw. R. Sup. Ct. 2.15(b) Supreme Court of Hawai'i issued notice of reciprocal discipline to attorney who had been suspended from practice in Louisiana for 3 years for violating La. Sup. Ct. R. XVII, § 3.1, 4.4, 8.4(a), and (d); attorney did not respond to the supreme court's notice and was suspended from practice in Hawai'i for 3 years.

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State v. Tunoa, NO. 27756, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI'I, March 6, 2007, Decided
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Overview: In a murder case, a prosecutor did not commit reversible misconduct by sitting in the gallery during part of the trial and by acknowledging greetings of jurors because it was not misconduct for a prosecutor to attend a public criminal trial and to simply acknowledge the greetings of jurors, even if he or she was the elected prosecuting attorney.

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Laschinski v. Polak, NO. 28365, SUPREME COURT OF HAWAI'I, March 7, 2007, Decided
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Tortorello v. Tortorello, No. 27459, SUPREME COURT OF HAWAI'I, March 7, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Res judicata barred a wife's second petition for a TRO under Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 586 because, inter alia, the husband did not waive the res judicata defense, the claims were identical in the two petitions, and the alleged past acts of abuse could have been indicated in the first petition; however, the award of costs to the husband was reduced.

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Munoz v. Hata, NO. 28317, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI'I, March 8, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Appellate court lacked jurisdiction over appeal because circuit court had not yet reduced the dispositive orders to a separate, appealable final judgment as required under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 641-1(a) (2006), Haw. R. Civ. P. 58, and the holding in Jenkins v. Cades, Schutte, Fleming, & Wright; thus the appeal was premature and had to be dismissed.

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State v. Schuck, NO. 27783, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI'I, March 8, 2007, Decided
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Overview: In an abuse of family or household members case under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 709-906 the trial court did not improperly use "pain" as the threshold to adjudicate defendant's guilt as it differentiated between the time when the act causing the pain occurred and the time when the victim became aware of the pain.

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Abejon v. State, NO. 27504, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI'I, March 9, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Appeal claiming that Hawai'i Paroling Authority violated appellant's liberty interest right when it decided he had to complete sex offender treatment program as a condition of parole was meritless, where appellant had agreed to participate in sex offender treatment as a condition of probation and had completed approximately 388 hours of treatment.

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Tokuhisa v. Cutter Mgmt. Co., NO. 28313, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF HAWAI'I, March 9, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Where judgment did not contain operative language that disposed of all claims against all parties in this case, nor did it contain express finding necessary for certification pursuant to Haw. R. Civ. P. 54(b), judgment did not satisfy requirements for appealable final judgment under Haw. R. Civ. P. 58. Therefore, plaintiff's appeal was premature.

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