State v. Wong

4 Citing cases

  1. State v. Kotis

    91 Haw. 319 (Haw. 1999)   Cited 115 times
    Holding that the defendant "had the opportunity to raise the issue [(now challenged on appeal)] . . . in the circuit court, but he did not do so. Inasmuch as he is the party alleging error, it was his burden to raise the issue, and any ambiguity in the circuit court's d i n g may therefore be attributed to him"

    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.

  2. State v. Akana

    68 Haw. 164 (Haw. 1985)   Cited 39 times
    Holding that "convicted," for the purpose of revocation of probation, meant "the ascertainment of guilt by guilty plea, or by verdict" and not a "judgment of conviction."

    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.

  3. Boyd v. State

    444 P.3d 321 (Haw. Ct. App. 2019)   Cited 2 times
    Declining to treat four-year-old prosecution against officer for shoplifting as probative of his SFST testimony in unrelated OVUII trial

    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.

  4. Bruno v. Ass'n of Apartment Owners of Waikiki Marina Condo.

    NO. CAAP-13-0000510 (Haw. Ct. App. Apr. 10, 2019)

    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.