3 Haw. App. 673 - State v. Apuna’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Any person subject to this chapter in the capacity of the operator, owner, or registrant of a motor vehicle in this State, or registered in this State, who violates any applicable provision of this chapter, shall be subject to citation for the violation by any county police department in a form and manner approved by the violations bureau of the district court of the first circuit. Notwithstanding any provision of the Hawaii Penal Code, each violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be subject to afine not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and the, fine shall not be suspended; provided if the person is convicted of not having had a no-fault policy in effect at the time the citation was issued, the fine for the first offense shall be $100, with a minimum of $400for each additional offense. In the case of multiple violations the court shall, in addition to any other penalty, impose the following penalties: (1) Imprisonment of not more than thirty days; (2) Suspension or revocation of driver’s license of the driver and of the registered owner; (3) Suspension or revocation of the motor vehicle registration plates of the vehicle involved; (4) Impoundment, or impoundment and sale, of the motor vehicle for the costs of storage and other charges incident to seizure of the vehicle; or any other cost involved pursuant to section 294-10; or (5) Any combination of such penalties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Paaluhi