The state Senate yesterday voted to confirm District Court Judge Edwin Nacino as a Circuit Court judge on Oahu.
Nacino replaces Judge Karen Blondin, who retired.

State Sen. Brian Taniguchi, D-10th (M�noa, McCully), chairman of the Senate Judiciary and Government Operations Committee, cited the breadth of Nacino�s legal background and the scope of his trial experience in the committee�s report on his nomination.
�Judge Nacino has the experience, temperament, judiciousness, and other competencies to be a Circuit Court judge, and has a good sense of where the equities, rights, and responsibilities lie in a case, which is essential for a Circuit Court judge,� Taniguchi said.
Nacino, a District Court judge since 2005, is a former partner with the firm Roeca, Louie and Hiraoka, a deputy corporation counsel for Honolulu, a prosecuting attorney, and a Honolulu police officer. He graduated from the University of Hawai�i William S. Richardson School of Law.
The Senate vote was 21-0, with four senators excused.