NO. 26110
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I
STATE
OF HAWAI‘I, Plaintiff-Appellee
vs.
PAME
ANN MARY LEILANI ROMANO, Defendant-Appellant
APPEAL FROM
THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CASE NO.
1P103-00755 OF 8/26/03; HPD CR. NO 03024777)
ORDER
(By: Acoba,
J. for the court (1))
Upon consideration of the "HRPP Rule 40
Petition to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Judgment Entered on August 26,
2003"
filed by Pame Ann Mary Leilani Romano on July 18, 2008 in the supreme
court, it appears that the petition seeks post-conviction relief
pursuant to HRPP Rule 40 from the August 26, 2003 judgment of
conviction and sentence of the district
court of the first circuit. The petition should be filed in the
district court of the first circuit, not in the supreme court. See
HRPP Rule 40(b) ("A proceeding for post-conviction relief shall
be instituted by filing
a petition with the clerk of the court in which the conviction took
place."). Accordingly,
IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that the HRPP Rule 40 petition is dismissed without
prejudice to filing the petition in the
district court of the first circuit.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, August 1, 2008.
1. Considered
by: Moon, C.J., Levinson,
Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.