State of Hawaii v. Cody Presti
Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii · Aug 31, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii
- Record ID
- state-of-hawaii-v-cody-presti-2026-08-31
- Observed outcome
- Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Opening Brief cited 'Stroud V people (Colo.)'; court's search returned zero appellate opinions from Colorado under that name. Outcome: Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules.. The appellant's opening brief cited 95 authorities, of which the court could reliably identify only 41; eleven cited cases could not be located or were demonstrably incorrect/misattributed. The court found multiple citations were to nonexistent opinions or to reporter/volume numbers that corresponded to unrelated cases, treated arguments relying on those authorities as waived, and declined to apply civil Rule 11 sanctions on direct criminal appeal while noting HRAP Rules 30 and 51 could authorize sanctions in other circumstances. The court emphasized that fabricated citations undermine judicial integrity and waste resources.
The structured public record identifies pro se and fake citations and records Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules.. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules. in Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Published Opinion
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Arguments supported by nonexistent authority were deemed waived; court declined to impose sanctions in this criminal direct appeal though noted sanctions were available under appellate rules.
Damien Charlotin case archive
Publisher document archive. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive.
Open underlying sourceA recorded source link is not a substitute for checking the underlying order, filing, opinion, or disciplinary record.
What this record does—and does not—establish
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.