Title: State v. Romano

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No. 26120

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

 

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Plaintiff-Appellee

PAME ANN MARY LETLANI-ROMANO, Defendant ~Appellant

 

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CASE NO. 1P103-00755 OF 8/26/03; HPD CR. NO 03024777)

(ey: Acoba, Te fer the court’)

upon consideration of the “HREP Rule 40 Petition to
Vacate, Set Aside of Correct Judgment Entered on August 26, 2003"
filed by Pane Ann Mary Leilani Romano on July 18, 2008 in the
suprene court, it appears that the petition seeks post-conviction
relief pursuant to HREP Rule 40 from the August 26, 2003 judgment
of conviction and sentence of the district court of the first
circuit, The petition should be filed in the district court of
the first circuit, not in the supreme court, See HREP Rule 40(b)
(°A proceeding for post-conviction relief shall be instituted by
£41ing a petition with the clerk of the court in which the

conviction took pla

 

"), Accordingly,

» considered by: Moon, C.J. Levinson, Nakayama, Acobs, and Duffy, JJ.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the HRPP Rule 40 petition is
Gismissed without prejudice to filing the petition in the
Gistrict court of the first circuit.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 1, 2008.

FOR THE COURT:

 

Associate Justice \