Title: State v. Deguair

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

NO. 28133

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIR aire
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ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR
WRIT OF CERTIORARI, VACATING ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
AND REMAND EU TE F API

(By: Moon, C.J, Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

Petitioner-appellant Walter Deguair appli

 

for a writ
of certiorari to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals’
November 30, 2006 order dismissing petitioner's appeal for lack
of appellate jurisdiction. The Intermediate Court of Appeals
concluded that the order appealed -- an August 7, 2006 order
denying a May 8, 2006 post-judgment motion filed by petitioner in
Cr. No, 92-0509 -- is an order denying an HRFP Rule 36 motion to

correct a clerical error that is not an appealable order.

 

Petitioner's May 8, 2006 motion, by title, was an HRPP
Rule 36 motion to correct a clerical error ina sentence, but in
substance, was a motion to correct @ sentence alleged to be
illegal because it did not comport with the sentence pronounced
‘The motion, in substance, was a motion, made more than ninety

days after imposition of sentence, to correct an illegal sentence

pursuant to HRPP Rule 40(a) (1) (iii). See HRPP Rule 35(a) ("A

motion made by a defendant to correct an illegal sentence more
than 90 days after the sentence is imposed shall be made pursuant
to Rule 40 of these rules.*). The August 7, 2006 order denying
the May 8, 2006 motion is a judgment entered pursuant to HRPP
Rule 40(g) (3) that is appealable pursuant to HRS § 641-11.
Therefore,

IP IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application for a writ of
certiorari is accepted.

I? IS FURTHER ORDERED that: (1) the November 30, 2006

 

order of the Intermediate Court of Appeals dismissing No. 28133
for lack of appellate jurisdiction is vacated and (2) No. 28133
is renanded to the Intermediate Court of Appeals for disposition
on the merits.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 25, 2007.

Walter Wayne Deguair, pro se EZ 2:

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