Case Title: Rapozo v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 29949

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
LAW LIBRARY

No. 29949

 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

RICHARD B. RAPOZO, Petitioner,

STATE OF HAWAI'T, Respondent.

 

‘ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

 

ORDER <i
(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and Recktenwald, JJ.)

 

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas
corpus filed by petitioner Richard 8. Rapozo and the papers in
support, it appears that the circuit court's treatment of
petitioner's June 19, 2009 petition for writ of habeas corpus as
a petition for post-conviction relief under HRPP Rule 40 allows
petitioner to seek the sane habeas corpus relief afforded under
HRS chapter 660. See HRPP Rule 40(a) ("The post-conviction
proceeding established by this rule shall encompass all common
law and statutory procedures for the same purpose, including
habeas corpus(.]"). Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate
court shall process the petition for a writ of habeas corpus
without payment of the filing fee.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
habeas corpus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 7, 2009.

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