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State v. Presti, No. CAAP-24-0000826 (Haw. Ct. App.)
·Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals·US-STATEWarning
On a Hawaii criminal appeal, self-represented appellant Cody Presti filed an opening brief citing 95 cases, 11 of which the court could not locate; six citations pointed to unrelated decisions. The Intermediate Court of Appeals treated arguments supported by nonexistent authority as waived, affirmed the conviction and warned that similar filings can trigger sanctions.
- Court
- Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
- Date
- 2026-08-31
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented criminal appellant Cody Presti relied on 95 cases in his opening brief. The court could not locate 11 of them, six citations pointed to unrelated decisions, and the court treated arguments supported by nonexistent authority as waived while declining sanctions on this record.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “State v. Presti, No. CAAP-24-0000826 (Haw. Ct. App.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/state-v-presti (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.