Opinion
SCWC-11-0001051
06-17-2014
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STANLEY CANOSA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
Emmanuel V. Tipon for petitioner Sonja P. McCullen for respondent
CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CAAP-11-0001051; CR. NO. 09-1-1524)
ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)
Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Stanley Canosa's Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on May 6, 2014, is hereby rejected.
Upon retrial, the trial court may consider the appropriateness of an "inference" instruction. See State v. Steger, 114 Hawai'i 162, 171 n.18, 158 P.3d 280, 289 n.18 (2006); State v. Matafeo, 71 Haw. 183, 189, 787 P.2d 671, 674 (1990) (Wakatsuki, J., concurring); Arizona v. Youngblood, 488 U.S. 51, 59-60 (1988) (Stevens, J., concurring).
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 17, 2014. Emmanuel V. Tipon
for petitioner
Sonja P. McCullen
for respondent
Mark E. Recktenwald
Paula A. Nakayama
Sabrina S. McKenna
Richard W. Pollack
Michael D. Wilson