State v. Karleen

NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
01-MAY-2025
08:09 AM
Dkt. 154 OGMD
NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

STATE OF HAWAI I, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.
CORY B. KARLEEN, Defendant-Appellant

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
(CASE NO. 5PC04-1-0292)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL
(By: Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, McCullen and Guidry, JJ.)
Upon consideration of Plaintiff-Appellee State of

Hawaii's (State) December 12, 2024 Motion to Dismiss Appeal; and

alternatively, to Strike the Opening Brief, the papers in

support, and the record, it appears that:

(1) Self-represented Defendant-Appellant Cory B.

Karleen (Karleen) appeals from the Circuit Court of the Fifth

Circuit's November 15, 2005 Judgment of Conviction and Sentence

(Judgment), entered in Case No. 5PC04-1-0292;

(2) The State seeks, inter alia, dismissal of the

appeal for lack of jurisdiction; and

(3) Dismissal is warranted, as Karleen's July 2, 2024

Notice of Appeal was not timely-filed within thirty days after

entry of the Judgment, as required by Hawai i Rules of Appellate

Procedure Rule 4(b)(1), and "compliance with the requirement of
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

the timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional." 1

State v. Brandimart, 68 Haw. 495, 496, 720 P. 2d. 1009, 1010

(1986).

Therefore, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion is
granted, and the appeal is dismissed without prejudice to Karleen
seeking alternative relief from the Circuit Court in a petition
under Hawai i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 40.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions, as well
as all other documents and submittals filed by Karleen in this
appeal, are dismissed.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai i, May 1, 2025.

/s/ Katherine G. Leonard
Acting Chief Judge

/s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen
Associate Judge

/s/ Kimberly T. Guidry
Associate Judge

1
Though Hawai i courts have seen fit in criminal cases to relax the
deadline for filing a notice of appeal where justice so warrants, including
where defense counsel has inexcusably or ineffectively failed to perfect an
appeal on his or her client's behalf despite being asked to do so, State v.
Cardenas, 150 Hawai i 307, 317, 500 P.3d 492, 502 (App. 2021), those
circumstances do not apply here.

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