Title: The Department of Taxation, State of Hawaii v. Town

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

No. 27641

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

 

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner

vs. 3

THE HONORABLE MICHAEL A. TOWN, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT, PETALA LAKATANI aka PETE LAKATANI, Respondents

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CR. NO. 05-1-0294)

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

upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
prohibition and mandamus and motion to stay order pending review
of petition for writ of prohibition and mandamus filed by
Petitioner Department of Taxation, State of Hawai'i, the papers
in support and opposition, and the records and files herein, it

appears that

 

(2) Petitioner is seeking review of an order
denying Petitioner's motion to quash a subpoena requiring the
production of tax returns in state v. Lakatani, Cr.

No. 05-1-0294, presently pending in the Circuit Court of the
First Circuit; (2) Petitioner has a pending appeal from the
disputed order: (3) petitions are not intended to take the place
of an appeal, see Kena v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d
334, 338 (2999) (citation omitted) (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); and (4) review of the circuit court
record shows that the defendant in the underlying criminal case
entered a guilty plea on dune 1, 2006 and is scheduled for
sentencing on August 15, 2006. Therefore,

I? IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
prohibition and mandamus is denied.

I? IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to stay order
pending review of petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 26, 2006.

Hugh R. Jones

and Kristie Cruz Chang,

Deputy Attorneys General, GY

for petitioner on the

weit’ and motion .
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Lane H. Tsuchiyana

and Holly T. Shikada, Nenu ts

Deputy Attorneys General,
for respondent The

Honorable Michael A.
Town Yo *

Gary ¥. Shigemura Yorce. Dadi tr

and Harrison K. Kawate
(Law Offices of Gary Y.
Shigemura) for respondent
Petala Lakatani in response

Marcus B. Sierra,
Deputy Attorney General,
for respondent Criminal
Justice Division,
Department of the
Attorney General, in
response