Case Title: Holt v. Nishimura

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Docket Number: 29416

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

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DUKE W. HOLT, Petitioner,
THE HONORABLE RHONDA A. NISHINURA, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CR. NO. 06-1-0017)

ORDER
Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

 

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
prohibition -- styled an “application for a writ of mandamus” --
filed by petitioner Duke W. Holt and the papers in support, it
appears that the matter of the court-ordered polygraph
examination for purposes of the presentence investigation and
report will be reviewable on appeal of the sentence imposed in
the pending sentencing proceading in Cr. No. 06-1-0017.
Petitioner can appeal the sentence pursuant to HAS § 641-11
(Supp. 2007) and he is not entitled to the extraordinary relief
of prohibition. See Kena v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204-05, 982
P.2d 334, 338-39 (1999) (A writ of prohibition is an
extraordinary remedy that will not issue unless the petitioner
demonstrates a clear and indisputable right to relief and a lack
of alternative means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or
obtain the requested action. Such writs are not intended to

supersede the legal discretionary authority of the lower courts,

 

nor are they intended to serve as legal remedies in lieu of

normal appellate procedures.). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of

prohibition is denied

 

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lulu, Hawai'i, November 6, 2008.

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