HRS §641-17
When a criminal defendant can appeal a court ruling early
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets a criminal defendant ask the circuit court judge for permission to appeal certain rulings before the trial ends. The judge decides whether to allow it, and that decision cannot be challenged in any other court.
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The statute, as written — Interlocutory appeals from circuit courts, criminal matters
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Upon application made within the time provided by the rules of court, an appeal in a criminal matter may be allowed to a defendant from the circuit court to the intermediate appellate court, subject to chapter 602, from a decision denying a motion to dismiss or from other interlocutory orders, decisions, or judgments, whenever the judge in the judge's discretion may think the same advisable for a more speedy termination of the case. The refusal of the judge to allow an interlocutory appeal to the appellate court shall not be reviewable by any other court.
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