Case Title: Nakamura v. State

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2005-10-13T00:00:00Z

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No. 26782

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF RANAT'T

 

FRANCIS . NAKAMURA, JR., Petitioner-Appellant,

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APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(S.P.P. NO. 4-1-0012 (FCCR 93-0001)

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(By: Nakayama,
upon review of the record, it appears that the circuit
court's July 27, 2004 order denying appellant’s HRPP Rule 40
petition for post-conviction relief was appealable by notice of
appeal filed with the circuit court within thirty days after the
order was entered. See HAPP 40(h); HRAP 4(b) (1). Appellant's
notice of appeal was filed with the circuit court on August 30,
2004, thirty-four days after entry of the July 27, 2004 order and
was untimely. There is no evidence in the record that the notice
of appeal was tendered to prison officials for forwarding to the
court clerk on or before the thirty-day appeal deadline. our
recognized exceptions to the requirement that notices of appeal
be tinely filed do not apply in this case. Thus, we lack
jurisdiction. See Grattafiori v. State, 79 Hawai'i 10, 13, 997
P.2d 937, 940 (1995) ("[Clompliance with the requirement of the

timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional, and we

‘considered by: Moon, C.J., Levingon, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, 20.

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must dismiss an appeal on our own motion if we lack
jurisdiction.”). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 13, 2005.
FOR THE COURT:

Aa Oeeeyane