Hawaii Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Hawaii or Court of Appeals of Hawaii where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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State v. Rogan - 10/5/1999
Defendant-appellant Jerome Rogan appeals from the circuit court's judgment, guilty conviction and sentence, and notice of entry filed on August 26, 1998. A jury found Rogan guilty of four counts of sexual assault in the third degree,...
State v. Vliet - 9/8/1999
On September 29, 1998, following a non-jury trial in the district court of the first circuit, defendant-appellant James Lincoln Vliet was found guilty of: (1) one count of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI), in...
State v. Lee - 8/27/1999
The defendant-appellant Edward Lee appeals from the family court's order denying his motion to dismiss the complaint in which he was charged with one count of abuse of a family or household member, in violation of Hawaii Revised...
Voellmy v. Broderick - 6/28/1999
We hold that in the administrative driver's license revocation hearing (revocation hearing) held herein pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 286-259 (Supp. 1998), the purported information in police dispatch tapes was not...
State v. Ito - 4/29/1999
BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, AND ACOBA, JJ.
In this appeal, we have been asked to decide whether the District Court of the First Circuit (the district court) properly relied on the results of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test in...
State v. Silva - 3/31/1999
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CR. NO. 97-2096)
In this appeal from a February 24, 1998 Judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (the circuit court), Defendant-Appellant Brandon Silva...
State v. Birdsall - 6/29/1998
Opinion OF THE COURT BY RAMIL, J.
Defendant-appellant Mark J. Birdsall appeals from his conviction of: Count II, reckless driving, in violation of HRS § 291-2; Count III, driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor;...
Simmons v. Administrative Director of Courts - 6/25/1998
Opinion OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
We granted petitioner-appellee The Administrative Director of the Courts' [hereinafter, Administrative Director] petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Intermediate...
State v. Begley - 6/12/1998
Opinion OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
We hold that when, in a prosecution for abuse of a family or household member under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 709-906 (Supp. 1996), a police officer testifies to his or her observation...
State v. Hulihee - 6/4/1998
POLICE REPORT NO. E-63913/HL; E-63916/HL
ORDER OF AMENDMENT
In the above-entitled matter,
The opinion of the court filed on May 22, 1998 is amended as set forth below.
At page 11, the last paragraph of footnote...
Desmond v. Administrative Director of Courts - 5/22/1998
As amended October 28, 1999.
CAVIN C. DESMOND, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COURTS, STATE OF HAWAII, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE
APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT, WAILUKU CIVIL DIVISION....
State v. Hulihee - 5/22/1998
Opinion OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
Defendant-Appellant Keith Hulihee (Hulihee) appeals the district court's (1) May 6, 1996 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order Denying Defendant's Motion to Suppress Evidence and (2)...
State v. Davia - 5/1/1998
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The defendant-appellant David B. Davia appeals from his conviction and sentence of one count of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes...
Simmons v. Administrative Director of Courts - 4/9/1998
Opinion OF THE COURT BY WATANABE, J.
Petitioner-Appellant James T. Simmons (Simmons) appeals from the April 25, 1996 Decision and Order of the District Court of the First Circuit (district court) and the April 25, 1996 Judgment...
State v. Hamili - 3/23/1998
Per Curiam. In this original proceeding, the petitioner State of Hawai'i (the prosecution) petitions this court to issue a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition directing the respondent Judge Ruby A. Hamili (the respondent Judge),...
State v. Jumila - 2/3/1998
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
Defendant-appellant Clemente B. Jumila, Jr., appeals the Third Circuit Court's denial of his motion to reduce sentence and correct illegal sentence pursuant to Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure...
State v. Mallan - 1/30/1998
OPINION BY RAMIL, J., WITH WHOM MOON, C.J., JOINS, ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
We granted certiorari to review the memorandum opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) filed on May 10, 1993. The central issue...
In re Doe - 12/10/1997
OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
Pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-54 (1993), John Doe, born on November 21, 1972 (Doe), appeals the family court's May 11, 1994 Order Re Motion denying his May 2, 1994 Motion...
In re Peterson - 9/5/1997
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The complainant-appellant Mark L. Peterson appeals the Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) Decision and Order (D&O; No. 13198, filed on April 4, 1994, dismissing his complaint against the...
Budget Rent-A-Car Systems Inc. v. Ricardo - 6/16/1997
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
This declaratory relief action arose out of a one-car accident that took place on Ahukini Road on the island of Kauai. Clemente Ricardo, driving a Ford Mustang that he had rented from Budget...
Gray v. Administrative Director of Court - 1/30/1997
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The petitioner-appellant Bradford L. Gray appeals the decision and order of the District Court of the First Circuit affirming the administrative revocation of his driver's license under the...
State v. Ford - 12/9/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
Following a bench trial, the district court found respondent-appellant Doug J. Ford guilty of two counts of anchoring or mooring a vessel on Hawaii's ocean waters or navigable streams without a...
State v. Arceo - 11/18/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
Following a jury trial, the defendant-appellant Anthony Arceo was found guilty as charged of committing one count of sexual assault in the third degree (Count One), in violation of Hawaii...
State v. Ontiveros - 8/30/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
Defendant-appellant Frankie A. Ontiveros was convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI), in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a) (1993). On appeal,...
State v. Huddy - 7/1/1996
Per curiam. Petitioner State of Hawai'i sought a writ of mandamus directing the trial Judge (hereinafter "Respondent Judge") in State v. Graham, Cr. No. 94-1048 (1st Cir. Haw. heard May 15, 1996) (granting motion to exclude testimony...
State v. United States Steel Corp. - 6/24/1996
MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, AND RAMIL, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE MILKS, IN PLACE OF KLEIN, J., RECUSED
Opinion OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
In this case, dealing with the rusting steel structure of O'ahu's Aloha Stadium,...
State v. Taparra - 6/3/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Defendant appeals from a sentence imposed on June 9, 1993 for various traffic offenses following his successful attack on a prior sentence imposed on February 19, 1993 for the same offenses. We...
State v. Nguyen - 5/7/1996
Opinion OF THE COURT BY NAKAYAMA, J.
Defendant-appellant Tuan Quoc Nguyen, a resident alien, appeals from the denial of his Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 32(d) motion to withdraw his 1985 "no contest" plea to...
State v. Sinagoga - 4/30/1996
In a complaint filed on February 24, 1993, Defendant-Appellant John E. Sinagoga (Defendant) was charged with three counts of Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree. On August 9, 1993, he pleaded no contest to Count I and guilty...
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co. - 4/30/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
In this action for declaratory relief seeking a judicial determination of the rights and responsibilities under two contracts for automobile liability insurance, plaintiff-appellant State Farm...
State v. Bagasol - 3/27/1996
Opinion OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Defendant-Appellant Joey S. Bagasol (Defendant) was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(1) (1993),...
State v. Matautia - 2/27/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY WATANABE, J.
Defendant-Appellant Seilusi F. Matautia (Defendant), also known as Fonoti Matautia, appeals from the December 9, 1992 judgment of the District Court of the First Circuit, challenging: (1) his...
State v. Wallace - 1/10/1996
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The defendant-appellant Len Kanoi Wallace appeals the judgment, guilty conviction, and sentence of the Second Circuit Court, following a bench trial in which he was convicted of promoting a...
Walsh v. Chan - 12/27/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
In this negligence case stemming from an automobile accident, plaintiff-appellant Timothy J. Walsh appealed from the First Circuit Court's: (1) order granting defendant-appellee Serena Chan's...
State v. Kwak - 12/21/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
On motion for reconsideration, filed on September 11, 1995, of our opinion in State v. Kwak, 80 Haw. 297, 909 P.2d 1112 (Haw. 1995) [hereinafter, Kwak I ], vacating the defendant-appellant...
State v. Medeiros - 12/20/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
On July 2, 1993, Defendant-Appellant Alexander Medeiros (Defendant) was found guilty in a jury-waived trial of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawai'i...
Norton v. Administrative Director of Court - 12/13/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
Petitioner-appellant Robert W. Norton appeals from the district court's order affirming his driver's license revocation, pursuant to the Administrative Revocation Program set forth in Hawai'i...
Miller v. Tanaka - 11/30/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Petitioner-Appellant Robert C. Miller (Petitioner) appeals from the district court judgment filed on May 20, 1993, affirming the administrative revocation of his driver's license pursuant to...
State v. Dibenedetto - 11/3/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Defendant-Appellant Gary R. Dibenedetto (Defendant) was charged in an August 13, 1991 Complaint with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI) in violation of either Hawaii Revised...
State v. Caleb - 9/8/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAYAMA J.
Defendant-appellant Anil J. Caleb appeals his conviction for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (Supp. 1989)....
State v. Kwak - 9/1/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
This appeal has unearthed and highlighted a striking and material omission in the statutory delineation of district boundaries on the island of O'ahu, which comprises the City and County of...
State v. Veniegas - 8/8/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
Defendant Alejandro Veniegas (Veniegas) appeals the First Circuit Court's July 14, 1993 Judgment, upon a jury's verdict, convicting him of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree,...
State v. Tangalin - 5/22/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Defendant-Appellant Stephen Roderick Tangalin (Defendant) was indicted on January 27, 1992 for Possession with the Intent to Use Drug Paraphernalia in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §...
State v. Higa - 5/17/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
Defendant-appellant Guyus L. Higa appeals his conviction and sentence for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4 ...
State v. Dwyer - 5/9/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAYAMA, J.
Defendant-Appellant James Everett Dwyer (Appellant) appeals from the judgment, conviction, and sentence for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI). On appeal, Appellant...
State v. Delima - 4/19/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY RAMIL, J.
Defendant-Appellant Nathan K. Delima appeals from the circuit court's Order of Revocation of Probation and Resentencing. Delima argues that his new sentence is illegal because: (1) his sentence...
State v. Meyer - 4/11/1995
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
In this interlocutory appeal, plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai'i (the prosecution) appeals from the findings of fact (FOF), Conclusions of law (COL), and order granting, in part, and denying,...
State v. Lindsey - 11/1/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
Following district court bench trials, Decarla Liana Lindsey was found guilty of three separate charges of prostitution in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1200 (Supp. 1992)....
State v. Chow - 10/20/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY ACOBA, J.
Defendant-Appellant Clarence Chung Hin Chow (Defendant) was convicted of two traffic offenses. We affirm the convictions, but remand for resentencing because Defendant's right of allocution was...
State v. Mezurashi - 10/3/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY RAMIL, J.
Plaintiff-Appellant State of Hawaii (Prosecution) appeals from an order dismissing the charges of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) and driving without lights against...
Wong-Leong v. Hawaiian Independent Refinery Inc. - 9/6/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
Plaintiff-Appellee/Appellant Beatrice Wong-Leong and plaintiff-Appellant/Appellee Brian Sugimoto (collectively Appellants) appeal the circuit court's order granting Defendant-Appellee Hawaiian...
State v. Feldhacker - 8/16/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
The Prosecution appeals from an order dismissing criminal charges against William Harry Feldhacker for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor ("DUI") pursuant to Hawaii Revised...
State v. Nakata - 8/2/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
In 1990, defendants-appellants Glenn Nakata, Alvin Lau, and Eddie Daoang (collectively, the defendants) each requested a jury trial in their individual case on the charge of first-offense...
State v. Bolosan - 5/16/1994
OPINION OF THE COURT BY WATANABE, J.
In this appeal, Defendant-Appellant Aaron R. Bolosan (Defendant) alleges that several reversible errors were committed by the court below in convicting him of: Promoting a Dangerous Drug in...
State v. Radcliffe - 10/7/1993
OPINION OF THE COURT BY HEEN, J.
In this appeal by Defendant-Appellant Mark Radcliffe (Defendant), we consider only his conviction for the offenses of Robbery in the First Degree, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § ...
Park v. Tanaka - 10/5/1993
OPINION OF THE COURT BY KLEIN, J.
Petitioner-Appellant Katherine Park appeals from a district court order affirming her license revocation pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 286, Part XIV. (Supp. 1992)...
State v. Wilson - 8/16/1993
OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J.
Defendant-appellant Joshua Wilson (Wilson) was charged with one count of driving after his license had been suspended for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in violation of...
State v. Simeona - 7/13/1993
AMENDED OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
On February 12, 1991 and February 19, 1991, defendant July Simeona (Simeona) was cited by the State of Hawaii (the State) for storing his cabin motorboat at the dry storage area of...
State v. Nishi - 5/21/1993
Per Curiam. In a jury-waived trial, the District Court of the First Circuit (district court) convicted defendant-appellant Michael Akio Nishi (Defendant) of (1) driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of...
Faulk v. Suzuki Motor Co. - 5/4/1993
OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
Plaintiff Ellen Faulk (Faulk) appeals the circuit court's October 18, 1991 judgment entered in accordance with its October 18, 1991 Order Granting Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Albert...
In re Doe - 12/29/1992
Per Curiam. The Family Court of the Third Circuit entered a decree adjudging that Doe, a minor, was a law violator within the purview of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-11(1) (1985) for, inter alia, driving under the influence of...
Aspinwall v. Tanaka - 11/25/1992
OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.
Petitioner Angela S. Aspinwall (Aspinwall) appeals the district court's December 12, 1991 Decision and Order Affirming Administrative Revocation and its December 12, 1991 Judgment on Appeal...
State v. Matsuda - 9/16/1992
Per Curiam. A jury found defendant Naoto Matsuda (Defendant) guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 291-4(a) (1985). On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial...
State v. Batson - 6/4/1992
The defendant-appellant, William Batson (Batson), also known as Amos Cruse II, appeals his second conviction of the murder of his eleven-year-old son, Amos Cruse III (Amos), in violation of HRS § 707-701.5 (1986). The conviction in...
Myers v. South Seas Corporation - 5/14/1992
OPINION OF THE COURT BY HEEN, J.
Plaintiff-Appellant Michael S. Myers (Myers), individually and as special administrator of the estate of Marla Colleen Myers (Marla), appeals from the December 19, 1990 judgment in favor of...
State v. Myers - 4/28/1992
Per Curiam. After his arrest for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), defendant Michael S. Myers (Defendant) refused to submit to a breath or blood test. Consequently, the district court revoked Defendant's...
State v. Ofa - 3/25/1992
Per Curiam. Defendant Moonga Ofa (Defendant) appeals his bench trial conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a) (1985). Defendant contends that...
State v. Wong - 3/24/1992
I.
Defendant-appellant Robert Wong (appellant) appeals the decision of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit revoking his probation and resentencing him to a term of incarceration. The court revoked appellant's probation on...
State v. Hoffman - 3/18/1992
Defendant-appellant Michael R. Hoffman (Hoffman) appeals from his conviction for unlawful display of intoxicating liquor in public areas, a violation of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu § 13-4.2. At trial, the court allowed the...
State v. Jordan - 2/13/1992
Pursuant to HRS § 602-5(2) and Rule 15 of the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP), the circuit court reserved to this court the following questions of law:
1. Whether the amendments to the sentencing provisions of H.R.S....
State v. Fedak - 2/11/1992
OPINION OF THE COURT BY HEEN, J.
In this appeal by Defendant-Appellant Edward Fedak (Defendant) from his bench trial conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) 291-4(a)(1)...
Henderson v. Professional Coatings Corp. - 10/24/1991
Plaintiff Mary Kathleen Henderson (Henderson) appeals from an order of the Fifth Circuit Court granting summary judgment to defendants-appellees John Phelps (Phelps) and Professional Coatings Corp. (Professional Coatings). Henderson...
State v. Norton - 8/13/1991
This court is called upon to reverse a criminal conviction for abuse of a family or household member, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 709-906 (1985). The error claimed is that, in a bench trial, the judge's ruling included...
State v. Perham - 8/5/1991
I.
On October 13, 1989, the car driven by Robert Perham was stopped for speeding. When police officer Akiona approached the car, he noticed that Perham displayed signs of alcohol intoxication, and therefore, arrested Perham for...
State v. Thompson - 7/24/1991
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant Julie Thompson (appellant) of her conviction for the offense of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (Supp....
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