Case Results

Stopped the Attorney General’s policy of prosecuting Filipinos who legally declared multiple cartons of cigarettes at customs on returning to Hawaii. Filipino-Americans would bring back as gifts for their family when they returned from the ...

Won an Appeal that changed the way the State of Hawaii charges “Escape” from prison cases. The Defendant was accused of running away from an OCCC (Oahu community correctional center) the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed with us that he did not. The ...

In 2014, teamed up with the ACLU to represent MAUIwatch, a major news and crime website on Maui against the city in a first amendment lawsuit. The city was attempting to use its power to cripple Mauiwatch’s website. Read the full article here: https: ...

Received a Deferral for a juvenile sex assault 4, where he managed to get it expunged from his record and stay off the sex offending list.

Hung a jury and dismissed by prosecution: Terroristic Threatening on a Taxman. The defendant was accused of threatening the State tax employee for charging him too much in taxes, in the state tax office.

Hung a jury on assault on a bus driver where the defendant was accused of punching a bus driver. Jury was not convinced that he punched him.

Acquitted a count of harassment on a law enforcement officer and kicked the window out of a police car, hung assault on a law enforcement officer, when Defendant challenged two police officers to a fight, got pepper-sprayed and kicked out a window of ...

Beat two counts of Felony Abuse and one count of misdemeanor abuse for a military member who would have been expelled from the Army if we did not get an acquittal. Prosecutors placed two of the special domestic violence team and considered this a ...

Beat a misdemeanor abuse case with a “protecting the Victim from herself” defense. (Haw revised statute 703-308).

Beat a repeat offender case where a Defendant was found with drug paraphernalia in his pocket AND IN HIS HAND. Won with no intent (it was in his HAND!). So won Not My pants, but also not my hand! (pipe in pants, drug scale in hand). There was an ...

Defendant was accused of entering a bathroom while a female was taking a shower and peeping. Jury found that Defendant had permission to be in that location, so it was not a crime.

Suppressed an illegal search of Defendants property where the police claimed to have discovered an item in a peculiar shape that matched exactly to the complaining witness’ bruises.

Beat a DUI in Molokai for a bad roadblock. Studied the roadblock procedures hard to know them backward and forwards.

A number of acquittals on Prostitution sting/massage parlor cases (both sides) and expungement.

Received dismissals for street performer dancers in conjunction with the ACLU.

Received three separate dismissals for street performers dressed like Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.

Acquittal on a Lamborghini going 20 miles over the limit, pulled over by Officer Spiker.

Acquittal on a young marine, BAC: .134, Caught driving away from a fight at Femme Nu strip club. Stopped by Officers Spiker and Saul.

Won a DUI where the Defendant hit a single car accident, Cop witnessed him high a light pole, back up, hit a light pole again, and then attempt to walk away.

Negligent injury to a minor in a crosswalk - got a 3-day deferral (stay clean three days and it comes off her record).

Won a TRO defense for a person so he could be around his girlfriend’s kids from an ex-boyfriend. They have since married.

Beat an unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle charge for a stolen moped with a busted ignition and a painted over license sticker. We called a mechanic to say that he knew the person had the moped before it had been busted, and suggested that ...

Beat a sex assault on a minor (molestation) that had a confession and multiple eyewitnesses by called both the confession and the eyewitness accounts, not question. It turned out there were other people in the house the family may have been covering ...

Beat a terroristic threatening when Defendant pulled a gun on his neighbor. Under cross-examination, the neighbor admitted the last time they had met, he had beaten up the defendant and he would have again, except the defendant pulled out a gun.

Received a relatively fast jury acquittal on an assault 2 case of a husband accused of causing a car accident injuring the wife. The accident snarled traffic on Hawaii's busiest highway for five hours during rush hour. There is no alternate route. ...

TRO case between neighbors consisting of over six cross-TROs. Won case.

Won TRO case for a police officer accused of sex assault. He was able to bring that testimony to the police department as a way to avoid criminal charges from a vengeful ex.