Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 806-2 (2025)
Inapplicable to district courts
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§806-2 Inapplicable to district courts. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter that the same applies to courts of record, such provision shall not, without more, apply to district courts. [L 1971, c 144, §31B; HRS §711-2; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]
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As the plain language of this section limits the application of the criminal procedure provisions of this chapter to the circuit courts, the appellate court erred by extending the application of §806-28 to the district courts. 127 H. 48, 276 P.3d 617 (2012).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2012–2012 · leading case: State v. Nesmith, 276 P.3d 617 (Haw. 2012).
State v. Nesmith, 276 P.3d 617 (Haw. 2012). “3d 1224, 1229 (2000), the distinction between general and specific intent has been abandoned; and (4) that in Nesmith, the ICA erred by extending HRS § 806-28 (1993) [4] to the district courts, as the plain language of HRS § 806-2 (1993) limits the application of the criminal…”
State v. Yamamoto., No. SCWC-30438 (Haw. Apr. 12, 2012). “3d 1224, 1229 (2000), the distinction between general and specific intent has been abandoned; and (4) that in Nesmith, the ICA erred by extending HRS § 806-28 (1993)4 to the district courts, as the plain language of HRS § 806-2 (1993) limits the application of the criminal…”
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