PETER CARLISLE - PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

City & County of Honolulu

State of Hawaii

EDUCATION

1977 University of California at Los Angeles J.D.
1974 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill B.A.


PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU

November 5, 1996 - Elected Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu

September 23, 2000 - Elected to a second term without opposition

September 18, 2004 - Elected to a third term


TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Former Adjunct Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Richardson School of Law
• Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, South Bend, Indiana
• Faculty Member, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina
• Faculty Member, Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, San Francisco, California

COURTROOM APPEARANCES

State v. Arakawa. In October of 2000, Honolulu Police Officer Clyde Arakawa went on a seven-hour drinking binge. He drank at least 12 beers and a shot of hard liquor. On his way home Arakawa raced into the intersection of Pali Highway and South School Street against the red light and crushed into a car driven by 19-year-old Dana Ambrose. Dana Ambrose, who had just received a scholarship to the University of Hawaii, was killed instantly. During the five-week trial the defense blamed Dana Ambrose for the collision and a defense expert testified that Arakawa was not alcohol impaired because as a practiced heavy drinker his liver eliminated alcohol from his system at an unusually high rate. The jury found Arakawa guilty as charged of Manslaughter. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

State v. Uyesugi. Carlisle also prosecuted Byran Uyesugi. Uyesugi, a disgruntled employee with a history of mental problems, entered the Xerox warehouse on North Nimitz Highway and methodically shot and killed seven of his co-workers. It was the deadliest incident of mass murder in the history of the State of Hawaii. Uyesugi raised the insanity defense. After a month and a half long trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of Murder in the First Degree. Uyesugi was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

• Hawaii Prosecuting Attorneys Association, former President, Vice-President
  and Treasurer
• Board of Directors, National District Attorneys Association

AWARDS AND HONORS

•  Law Enforcement Commendation Medal
• 1999 Sex Abuse Treatment Center Tommy Holmes Award which is
  presented to an individual who has greatly contributed to the lives of
  sexual assault victims.
• The 2000 Top Cop Judge C. Nils Tavares award was received by Carlisle on
  behalf of the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney. The award
  recognizes an outstanding local or federal law enforcement organization in
  the State of Hawaii.
• In 2001, he was inducted into the Hawaii Joint Police Association's Hall of Fame.
• The 2002 MADD National Criminal Justice Award was presented to Carlisle
  in Anchorage, Alaska.