Case Title: Paek v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 27438

1 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAL'T
PA
ME JR PREK, Petitioner-Appeliant, B21

   
  

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent-Appel lee,

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(8.2.P. No. 05-1-0037)

ORDER VACATING THE JULY 11, 2005 FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF
LAM, AND ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF,
Hl THE her Ns
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)
upon review of the parties’ briefs and the record, it
appears that Respondent-Appellee State of Hawaii's (Appellee
State) confession of error is supported by the record and well-
founded in law. State v. Hoang, 93 Hawai'i 333, 336, 3 P.3d 499,
502 (2000). The Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of
Hawai'i, the Honorable Karl K. Sakamoto presiding, erred by
denying Petitioner-Appellant Mi Ja Paek’s (Appellant Paek)
May 10, 2005 petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to

Rule 40 of the Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) without

holding a hearing on the petition. Appellant Paek was entitled

to a hearing because, based on the requirements of HRS § 802E-2

(1993), HRPP Rule 11(c) (5), and our holding in State v. Sorino,
108 Hawai'i 162, 118 P.3d 645 (2005), Appellant Paek “allege[d)

facts that if proven would entitle the petitioner to relief[.]”

HRPP Rule 40(f). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the July 11, 2005 findings of

fact, conclusions of law, and order dismissing Appellant Paek’s
petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to HRPP Rule 40 is
vacated, and this case is remanded the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit, State of Hawai'i, with instructions to hold @ hearing on
Appellant Paek's May 10, 2005 petition for post-conviction relief
in light of the holding in State v. Soring, 108 Hawai'i 162, 118
P.3d 645 (2005).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawad's, April 28, 2006.