State v. Maharaji
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII) in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. 261E-61(a)(1). The intermediate court of appeals (ICA) affirmed. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for reconsideration, arguing that the charge against him was jurisdictionally defective because it did not allege the requisite mens rea. The ICA denied Defendant's motion. The Supreme Court vacated the ICA's judgment and remanded to the trial court to enter an order dismissing the case without prejudice, holding the charge of OVUII in this case was insufficient because (1) the State failed to allege the requisite states of mind of intentional, knowing, or reckless in the charge, and (2) the charge failed to allege an essential fact constituting the offense charged.
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