Case Title: State v. Somerville

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Docket Number: SCPW-23-0000295

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2023-07-25T00:00:00Z

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SCPW-23-0000295 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE ROWENA A. SOMERVILLE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge, and RYAN ROMAN-PETER, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (1CPC-20-0001111) ORDER DENYING PETITION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., Circuit Judge Watanabe and Circuit Judge Ashford, assigned by reason of vacancies) Upon consideration of the petition filed on April 19, 2023, the supplemental brief filed on May 23, 2023, the answer filed on June 6, 2023, and the record, it is ordered that the petition is denied. A petition for extraordinary writ is not meant to be used in lieu of normal appellate procedures, and the appeal in CAAP-23-0000276 is now before this court in SCAP-23-0000276. Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-23-0000295 25-JUL-2023 01:22 PM Dkt. 16 ODDP 2 See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999). DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July 25, 2023. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Kathleen N.A. Watanabe /s/ James H. Ashford