Hawaii Supreme Court February 14, 2000, 21871 (State v. Riveira)

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

We granted the application of the petitioner-appellant Jonathan Riveira for a writ of certiorari to review the opinion by the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), 92 Hawai'i 521, 993 P.2d 580, filed on December 29,1999 [hereinafter, the ICA’s majority opinion], affirming the judgment of the district court of the third circuit, filed on May 14,1998.