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. Taniguchi - 7/18/1991
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The State of Hawaii (State) appeals from an order entered in the District Court of the First Circuit granting Defendant-Appellee Glenn Hisao Taniguchi's (Defendant) motion to dismiss the charge of Refusing To Submit To An...
State v. Smythe - 5/28/1991
This is a State appeal from orders granting a motion to dismiss Counts I and II of an indictment. Those counts charged appellee with manslaughter under HRS § 707-702(1)(a). The State also appeals from the order denying its oral...
State v. Cabral - 5/14/1991
Defendant Clifford Cabral (Clifford) appeals the family court's March 14, 1990 Judgment which notes that the jury found Clifford guilty of Count I (for the lesser-included offense of manslaughter) and Count II (for murder) for the...
State v. Kipi - 5/8/1991
Plaintiff-appellant State of Hawaii (State) appeals the trial court's dismissal of burglary and terroristic threatening charges against defendant-appellee Jonathan K. Kipi (Kipi). The charges were based on the same conduct that...
State v. Lemalu - 4/11/1991
Defendant-appellant Aukusitino L. Lemalu (Lemalu) appeals his conviction for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1985). Lemalu was arrested in 1987 and...
State v. Vares - 11/26/1990
[71 Haw Page 618] Carl Vares was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4 for an incident which occurred on November 20, 1988. Upon sentencing for...
State v. Dwight Dow - 10/3/1990
Defendant Dwight Dow (Defendant) appeals his conviction by a jury of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1985) (driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.10...
State v. Young - 7/26/1990
[8 HawApp Page 147] Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey A. Young (Defendant) was convicted by a jury of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1985) (driving...
State v. Busby - 6/15/1990
This is an appeal by Defendant-appellant Karen Joan Busby from the revocation of her driver's license under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 286-155 for refusing to submit to a breath or
blood test after being arrested for...
State v. Tiedemann - 4/27/1990
In a jury trial, defendant-appellant Lois P. Tiedemann (Defendant) was found guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(1) and -4(a)(2) (1985). On...
State v. Takahashi - 4/9/1990
Defendant Glenn Tadashi Takahashi (Defendant) appeals his bench trial conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 291-4(a) (1985). Defendant contends that...
State v. Mata - 3/28/1990
These are appeals from two cases tried on consecutive days. Defendant-Appellant Ronald Mata (Mata) was charged with, and convicted of, driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of HRS § 291-4(a)(1) and (2)....
State v. Ames - 3/16/1990
[71 Haw Page 305] The State petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Ames to vacate two virtually identical pretrial discovery orders issued in State v. Mafi , wherein Defendant Mafi is charged, inter alia , with...
State v. Watson - 3/2/1990
This is an appeal from a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) (HRS § 291-4(a)(1)). Appellant contends that there was no proof that he was operating a vehicle on a public highway, and that consequently his motion to...
State v. Engcabo - 12/18/1989
Brian S. Engcabo was convicted of driving under the influence of a drug in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-7.
The evidence adduced in a bench trial was that police officer Glen Kamanao observed Engcabo...
State v. Hamasaki - 12/1/1989
Defendant-appellant Edward T. Hamasaki (Defendant) challenges his driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) conviction pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(1) (1985) (driving while under the...
State v. Wetzel - 11/27/1989
In a bench trial, defendant Gary David Wetzel (Defendant) was convicted of the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1985). On appeal, he seeks...
State v. Aguinaldo - 11/22/1989
On July 26, 1988, Maui police set up an intoxication control roadblock at Firebreak Road and Haleakala Highway. Defendant-Appellee Lynn Aguinaldo was driving a vehicle which was routinely stopped for a check. When the police...
State v. Gates - 6/26/1989
[7 HawApp Page 441] Defendant Richard Holland Gates (Defendant) appeals his jury conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 291-4(a)(1) and -4(a)(2)...
Cordeiro v. Burns - 5/5/1989
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to defendants-appellees State of Hawaii (State) and County of Maui (County) in a wrongful death action arising from an automobile accident. Plaintiff-appellant Catherine Cordeiro...
Loevsky v. Carter - 5/4/1989
[70 Haw Page 420] This is an appeal from the Second Amended Judgment entered in the Third Circuit Court on July 20, 1988. Following a jury trial, judgment was entered: 1) in favor of Plaintiff-Appellant Louis Loevsky and against...
State v. Buckman - 3/15/1989
The issue in this appeal is whether the District Court has authority to impose a jail sentence for a traffic offense committed by a minor. We conclude that the District Court lacks authority to impose such a sentence and therefore set...
State v. Wacker - 3/15/1989
This is an appeal by the State from an order dismissing a charge for driving under the influence, under HRS § 291-4(a)(2).
In this case, appellee was charged under both HRS § 291-4(a)(1) and 291-4(a)(2). The two charges were...
State v. Christie - 12/29/1988
We granted certiorari to review the approval by the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) of the Honolulu Police Department's use of a "Beam Attenuator" in verifying the accuracy of a breath-testing device, an Intoxilyzer 4011 AS,...
State v. Reed - 10/21/1988
[70 Haw Page 108] Petitioner-Appellee State of Hawaii (State) seeks review of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) memorandum opinion reversing the convictions against Respondent-Appellant Mark Sidney Reed (Reed). The trial court...
State v. Demille - 10/11/1988
This is an appeal from a bench trial conviction for the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 291-4(a)(2) (1985). Defendant Richard Ian DeMille (Defendant)...
State v. Himuro - 10/6/1988
[70 Haw Page 103] The issue in this appeal is whether the twenty day time period prescribed by Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 286-156 for an affidavit hearing prior to revoking an arrested person's driver's license for refusal ...
State v. Christie - 5/26/1988
In a driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) case, the State of Hawaii (State) appeals the district court's order suppressing the results of the breath test administered to defendant Steven Richard Christie...
State v. Tom - 4/11/1988
The issue on appeal is whether a Deferred Acceptance of No Contest (DANC) plea, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 853, is available in Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases under HRS § 291-4. The trial court, after...
State v. Lapitan - 12/3/1987
The question raised in this appeal is whether the District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Family Court over a minor who is charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI). We conclude that the District Court has...
State v. Arakaki - 8/28/1987
[7 HawApp Page 49] This is an appeal by defendant Larry N. Arakaki (Defendant) of his convictions for operating a motor vehicle not insured under a no-fault policy (insurance violation) contrary to the provisions of Hawaii Revised...
State v. Nakachi - 8/14/1987
[7 HawApp Page 28] Defendant Richard L. Nakachi (Nakachi) appeals the February 18, 1986 judgment convicting him of two counts of terroristic
threatening in the second degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §...
State v. Lowther - 8/7/1987
Defendant Timothy E. Lowther (Defendant) appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS)§ 291-4(a) (1) (1985). The appeal raises the following...
State v. Leatiota - 7/7/1987
This is an appeal from a conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) (HRS § 291-4(a) (1)). Appellant contends that because of delays in trying him, he was denied a right to a speedy trial and that the case should have been...
State v. Estrada - 6/8/1987
[69 Haw Page 206] Defendant-Appellant James H. J. Estrada (hereinafter "Estrada") appeals his attempted murder conviction and life sentence without the possibility of parole for the shooting of Maui County Police Officer Keith Taguma...
Bertelmann v. Taas Associates - 4/14/1987
Plaintiffs-Appellants (hereinafter collectively "Appellants") Eric Kaleo Haili Bertelmann (hereinafter "Bertelmann") as administrator of the estate of Solomon Boyd Keliikoa (hereinafter "Decedent") and the Decedent's survivors...
State v. Lewis - 4/10/1987
[6 HawApp Page 624] Defendant Richard Duval Lewis (Defendant) appeals his conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2)(1985). Defendant claims
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State v. Rolison - 2/12/1987
[6 HawApp Page 569] Defendant Robin Lynne Rolison (Defendant) was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 291-4(a)(1) and (2) (1985). She appeals, challenging...
State v. Souza - 1/29/1987
[6 HawApp Page 554] This is an appeal by defendant John Frederick Souza (Souza) of his conviction for the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating
liquor (DUI) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §...
State v. Ibsen - 1/27/1987
After a bench trial the district court convicted defendant David W. Ibsen (Defendant) for the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI). Claiming that the person who took the blood specimen from him was...
State v. Miura - 12/30/1986
[6 HawApp Page 501] In a case charging defendant Daniel T. Miura (Defendant) with the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, plaintiff State of Hawaii (State) appeals from the district court's "Order Granting...
State v. Shivers - 12/17/1986
[6 HawApp Page 497] Defendant Samuel Robert Shivers (Defendant) appeals his conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) on grounds that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress the...
State v. Uehara - 6/25/1986
OPINION OF THE COURT BY LUM, C.J.
Appellant State of Hawaii ("State") appeals a district court's dismissal of a charge against Appellee Yoshio Uehara for refusing to submit to chemical testing of his blood for alcohol...
State v. Enos - 6/20/1986
PADGETT, J.
Appellant was convicted of driving under the influence in violation of HRS § 291-4 and of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree in violation of HRS § 712-1243.
He appeals the drug conviction,...
State v. Williams - 6/17/1986
Opinion OF THE COURT BY WAKATSUKI, J.
Defendant-appellant, Lawrence Williams, was arrested on March 9, 1985 for committing the offense of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor ("DUI"), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS)...
Kaeo v. Davis - 5/14/1986
OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAMURA, J.
The Circuit Court of the First Circuit adjudged the City and County of Honolulu and Alfred K. Davis jointly and severally liable for the damages sustained by Lurline Kido in a single-car...
State v. Kim - 12/23/1985
OPINION OF THE COURT BY HAYASHI, J.
Defendant-Appellant Randall W. Kim (hereinafter "Kim") appeals convictions for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (hereinafter...
State v. Kuba - 9/26/1985
OPINION OF THE COURT BY HAYASHI, J.
The State of Hawaii (hereinafter "State") appeals 1) an Order Granting Defendant's Motion to Suppress Statements; 2) an Order Granting Defendant's Motion for Dismissal of Count I of the...
State v. O''Brien - 7/22/1985
Opinion OF THE COURT BY LUM, C.J.
Petitioner State of Hawaii seeks review of the April 16, 1985 decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals which held that a defendant charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating...
State v. O''Brien - 4/16/1985
[5 HawApp Page 492] Defendant Daniel R. O'Brien (Defendant) seeks to overturn his district court conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI) on constitutional grounds. He asserts that Hawaii Revised...
State v. Tengan - 11/20/1984
[67 Haw Page 452] A State agency must follow the Administrative Procedure Act, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 91, when it acts in a rulemaking capacity. Town v. Land Use Commission, 55 Haw. 538, 545, 524 P.2d 84, 89,...
State v. Wyatt - 8/16/1984
[67 Haw Page 295] Three questions are presented in this appeal by the State of Hawaii from an order suppressing evidence in a prosecution brought against Jacqueline L. Wyatt for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor in...
State v. Ahakuelo - 6/19/1984
[5 HawApp Page 205] Defendant Benjamin P. Ahakuelo, Jr. (Defendant) appeals from the sentence imposed upon him pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4(a)(2) (1982 and 1983 Supp.) after his second
conviction of...
State v. Kreps - 3/18/1983
Defendant Tamara Sue Kreps (Kreps) appeals from her conviction of Negligent Homicide in the First Degree, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-703(1) (1976). Kreps raises the following issues on appeal: (1) the trial court erred...
State v. Wilson - 3/16/1983
This is an appeal from the revocation for a period of six months of the appellant's driver's license on the ground that he had refused, in violation of § 286-155, HRS, to take a test of his breath or blood after having been...
State v. Clark - 11/23/1982
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for first degree theft. More specifically, defendant-appellant Clark appeals an order denying her motion to suppress as evidence currency recovered from her vagina during a...
Costa v. Able Distributors Inc. - 11/4/1982
Plaintiff/appellant Costa (Costa) appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant/appellee Able Distributors, Inc. (Able).
Costa's appeal is based on the following grounds: 1) the trial court erred in granting summary...
State v. Brown - 9/27/1982
Defendant appeals from the May 14, 1981 order of the District Court of the Second Circuit revoking his driver's license for a period of six months, pursuant to the implied-consent statute, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 286-155...
State v. Carroll - 4/29/1981
[63 Haw Page 345] The State appeals from a circuit court order granting defendant-appellee Alfred Kapala Carroll's motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with a violation of HRS §§ 705-500 and 708-821(1)(b) (Attempted...
State v. Lord - 3/31/1981
This is another appeal involving the right to a speedy trial of an accused under Rule 48, Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP).
Appellant Don R. Lord appeals from his conviction by a jury of criminal property damage in...
State v. Boehmer - 6/27/1980
[1 HawApp Page 44] This is an appeal from the judgments entered in separate trials by the district court finding Defendants Ronald Boehmer and Sau Gogo guilty of driving under the
influence of intoxicating liquor in...
State v. Lui - 11/21/1979
Appellant, Abel Simeona Lui, charged with murder for the shooting death of Don Anthony Gomes, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter on April 11, 1977.
Appellant claimed self-defense under our statutory scheme of...
State v. Powell - 11/20/1979
[61 Haw Page 316] Defendant-appellee Palance Powell was charged with the offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree in
violation of HRS § 712-1243 (1976). Before trial, Powell moved to suppress certain...
State v. Ryan - 8/15/1978
Defendant attorney appeals from a summary conviction of contempt of court for not appearing at a scheduled district court hearing. Upon our review of the record in connection with certain motions, it appeared to us that the trial...
State v. Lee - 6/7/1974
On May 11, 1973, defendant-appellee Lee was arraigned in the District Court of the Third Circuit, South Hilo Division, for alleged violation of HRS § 291-12. The information in this case charged defendant-appellee Lee as...
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