Case Title: State v. Nakatani

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

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NO. 24546 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I _________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAI#I, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE GAIL C. NAKATANI, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI#I, and MAXIMO CRISTOBAL, JR., Real Parties in Interest, Respondents. _________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CR. NO. 00-1-1962) ORDER Upon consideration of the petition for a writ directed to a judge filed by Petitioner State of Hawai#i and the papers in support, it appears that: (1) the respondent judge entered an order granting Defendant-Respondent Maximo Cristobal, Jr.’s motion for a deferred acceptance of guilty (DAG) plea in State v. Cristobal, Cr. No. 00-1-1962; (2) Petitioner contends Defendant- Respondent Cristobal was ineligible for a DAG plea because he had received a DAG plea in 1981; (3) pursuant to HRS § 853-4(11), a defendant cannot be granted a DAG plea where the defendant has been charged with a felony offense and has been previously granted a DAG plea for a prior offense, regardless of whether the period of deferral has already expired; and (4) Defendant- Respondent Cristobal acknowledges that he previously received a DAG plea and was not entitled to receive a DAG plea in the instant case. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: (1) the petition for a writ of mandamus is granted; (2) the order granting the deferred 2 acceptance of guilty plea in State v. Cristobal, Cr. No. 00-1- 1962, is vacated; and (3) this matter is remanded to the circuit court for resentencing. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 16, 2001.