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State v. Malufau11/14/2002
SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER
On August 28, 1999, Defendant-Appellant Peniamina Malufau (Defendant) was apparently arrested and subsequently charged on January 25, 2000 with the crimes of habitual Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4.4(a)(1) (Supp. 1999), and driving while license was suspended for DUI, HRS § 291-4.5 (1993 & Supp. 1999). On May 18, 2000, the district court entered an order apparently related to the aforesaid DUI arrest, reversing the administrative revocation of Defendant's driver's license on the ground that he was not properly informed of sanctions under the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Law, HRS § 286-255 (Supp. 1999). On April 25, 2000, Defendant pleaded guilty before the first circuit court (the court) to the aforesaid criminal charges pursuant to a plea bargain. On July 11, 2000, Defendant was sentenced accordingly, including suspension of his driver's license for five years.
On January 3, 2001, Defendant moved to have the license suspension lifted based on the May 18, 2000 district court order. On February 1, 2001, the court entered an order denying Defendant's motion, from which he appeals. On appeal, Defendant argues that the court erred in denying Defendant's motion.
In accordance with Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 35, and after carefully reviewing the record and the briefs submitted by the parties, duly considering and analyzing the law relevant to the arguments and issues raised by the parties, and having heard oral argument, we hold that: (1) the court did not abuse its discretion because Defendant voluntarily entered his plea pursuant to a plea bargain with full knowledge of the maximum possible sentence and the imposed sentence did not exceed the statutory limits, see State v. Putnam, 93 Hawaii 362, 372, 3 P.3d 1239, 1249 (2000); and (2) by pleading guilty, Defendant specifically waived his right to a trial, see Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 11(c)(4) (2001), and waived all non-jurisdictional bases to challenge the validity of his plea, see State v. Domingo, 82 Hawaii 265, 267, 921 P.2d 1166, 1168 (1996). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court's February 1, 2001 order denying Defendant's motion to obtain driver's license is affirmed.
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