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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 805-8

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

In all criminal cases had before a district judge where there has been a commitment as provided in section 805-7, an appeal from the judgment, or a demand for a jury trial, the judge, forthwith, shall send to the county attorney or to the prosecuting attorney, as the case may be, notice of the fact, stating briefly in the notice the nature of the case and action taken thereon, giving the name of the defendant and the date the records were sent to the circuit court or the clerk of the supreme court.