See also State v. Akana, 68 Haw. 164, 165, 706 P.2d 1300, 1302 (1985) ("This court has validated the practice of taking judicial notice of a court's own records in an interrelated proceeding where the parties are the same." (Citing State v. Wong, 50 Haw. 42, 43, 430 P.2d 330, 332 (1967).)). As the director points out, a number of other jurisdictions have held that a trial court may take judicial notice of its own acts or of the existence of records on file in the same case.
This court has validated the practice of taking judicial notice of a court's own records in an interrelated proceeding where the parties are the same. State v. Wong, 50 Haw. 42, 43, 430 P.2d 330, 332 (1967). Under Hawaii Rules of Evidence (HRE) Rule 201(d), a court is mandated to take judicial notice if requested by a party and supplied with the necessary information.
The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has "validated the practice of taking judicial notice of a court's own records in an interrelated proceeding where the parties are the same." State v. Akana, 68 Haw. 164, 165, 706 P.2d 1300, 1302 (1985) (citing State v. Wong, 50 Haw. 42, 43, 430 P.2d 330, 332 (1967) ). Accordingly, we take judicial notice of the records and files in Case No. 1DTA-15-01335.
See State v. Akana, 68 Haw. 164, 165, 706 P.2d 1300, 1302 (1985) ("This court has validated the practice of taking judicial notice of a court's own records in an interrelated proceeding where the parties are the same." (emphasis added) (citing State v. Wong, 50 Haw. 42, 43, 430 P.2d 330, 332 (1967))). Therefore, we take judicial notice of the requested documents, but hold that they have no bearing on this appeal.