Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-14-0001283
10-NOV-2014
10:23 AM
SCPW-14-0001283
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent,
vs.
PUNOHU NALIMU KEKAUALUA III, Petitioner.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CASE NO. 5DCC-14-0000081)
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the October 3, 2014 letter from
Punohu Nalimu Kekaualua III, received by this court on
October 17, 2014,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the letter is deemed a petition
for a writ of mandamus regarding Kekaualua’s pending criminal
trial in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate
court shall enter the letter as such a petition, and shall waive
any filing fee.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the petition is denied without
prejudice to Mr. Kekaualua seeking appropriate relief, if
necessary, by timely filing an appeal to the Intermediate Court
of Appeals upon entry of judgment in the District Court.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 10, 2014.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
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