Title: Kauhi v. State

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'Z 2

 

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STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent-Appellee. Ss

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(S.P.P, NO. 03-1-0048)

Nakayama, J. for the court*)

 

upon review of the record, it appears that the circuit
court's August 31, 2004 order denying appellant's HREP Rule 40
petition for post-conviction relief was appealable by notice of
appeal filed with the circuit court within thirty days after the
order was entered. See HRPP 40(h); HRAP 4(b) (1). Appellant's

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notice of appeal was de
october 6, 2004, the date the notice of appeal was received by
the clerk of the supreme court and transmitted to the clerk of
the circuit court, HRAP 4(a)(1). The notice of appeal deened
filed on October 6, 2004 was filed thirty-six days after entry of
the August 31, 2004 order and was untimely. Our recognized
exceptions to the requirement that notices of appeal be timely
filed do not apply in this case.

It further appears that appellant's notice of appeal

does not fall within the prisoner mailbox rule because the record

 

Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy,

 

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does not indicate that appellant tendered his notice of appeal to
prison officials at the Diamondback Correctional Facility for
forwarding to the clerk of the circuit court on or before

September 30, 2004. See Setala v. J.C. Penney, 97 Hawai'i 484,

 

40 P.3d 886 (2002). Thus, we lack jurisdiction. See Grattafiori.
ys State, 79 Hawai'i 10, 13, 897 P.2d 937, 940 (1995)
("[C]ompliance with the requirement of the timely filing of a
notice of appeal is jurisdictional, and we must dismiss an appeal

on our own motion if we lack jurisdiction.

 

Therefore,
17 IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 4, 2005.
FOR THE COURT:
Peete CNet

Associate Justice