Opinion ID: 2759419
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Counsel Appointments and Trial Scheduling

Text: Harter appeared in custody for arraignment, and the circuit court set trial call for September 26, 2011, and trial for October 3, 2011.4 The Office of the Public Defender was appointed as Harter’s counsel. The trial week was continued to November 14, 2011,5 and trial call was later rescheduled to December 5, 2011. On December 5, 2011, the circuit court granted Harter’s request for a continuance because the State was unable to produce requested police reports and defense counsel indicated the defense’s intent to subpoena these documents from the Honolulu Police Department (HPD). However, at the next scheduled trial date on January 23, 2012, Harter’s deputy public defender informed the circuit court that Harter asked him to (continued . . .) . . . (c) Subjects another person to offensively coarse behavior or abusive language which is likely to provoke a violent response . . . . 4 Harter did not appear at the initial arraignment date. 5 The Honorable Edward H. Kubo, Jr., presided over the circuit court proceedings in this case. 4 FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER withdraw as counsel. Harter explained to the court that she was unsatisfied with her counsel.6 The circuit court granted the motion to withdraw and set a new trial week for February 21, 2011. Te-Hina Ickes was appointed as Harter’s new counsel. Following Ickes’ appointment, Harter’s trial was continued on four other occasions—twice by stipulation and once by Harter—until July 30, 2012. The last continuance was due to the State not being prepared to proceed to trial because the complaining witness was on military leave. Ickes objected to the State’s request and asserted the defense was prepared to proceed to trial. The court indicated this was the “fourth time that the State [was] not ready to proceed,” but the court granted the State’s oral motion for a continuance and set the new trial date for August 13, 2012.