Case Title: Samonte v. State

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2005-06-09T00:00:00Z

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IW THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

 

LAEL E. SAMONTE, Petitioner-Appellant

vs. .

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STATE OF HAWAT'I, Respondent-Appellee

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APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(8.P.P. NO. 99-0031)

circuit court did not err in denying Samonte’s Rule 40 petition
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because (1) Samonte effectively waived his “ineffective
assistance of trial counsel” and “prosecutorial misconduct”
claims, gee HRPP Rule 40(a) (3) (2001); and (2) Samonte’s
allegations that appellate counsel was ineffective stated no
“colorable claims,” see Dany, State, 76 Hawai'i 423, 427, 679
P.2d 528, $32 (1994); Briones v. State, 74 Haw. 442, 465-467 &
n.14, 948 P.2d 966, 977-978 6 n.14 (1993); Domingo v. State, 76
Hawai'i 237, 242, 873 P.2d 775, 780 (1994), such that denial of
those issues without an evidentiary hearing was proper, see HRPP
Rule 40(£) (2005). Therefore,

IT 1S HEREBY ORDERED that the order from which the

appeal is taken is affirmed.

 

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 9, 2005.
on the briefs: Gy
Janes C. Beaman, Pecastin ct rumeeeyorte

for the petitioner-

Sopettane Lael E.
Samonte a aa
Joseph Gones, counsel of

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Se ee ee eteonte

oten 3. thonas, LES
Meitty beetecsting Attorney,

for respondent-appellee
State of Hawai'i