Title: Villanueva v. State

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

SCPW-13-0000637 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I GERALD VILLANUEVA, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Gerald Villanueva’s “Declaration of Independence of 1776 Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of Hawai[#]i”, which was filed on May 3, 2013, and which we review as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the supporting documents and the record, it appears that habeas corpus relief is available to petitioner in the circuit court and petitioner presents no special reason for the supreme court to invoke its original jurisdiction at this time. See Oili v. Chang, 57 Haw. 411, 412, 557 P.2d 787, 788 (1976). Accordingly, 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. Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-13-0000637 28-JUN-2013 08:59 AM IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, June 28, 2013. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack