He faces detention in a youth facility until age 19 on Feb. 1 and probation until age 20. If Kealoha had been tried as an adult, he would have faced a sentence ranging from probation to 20 years.
Defendants in Family Court trials, which are closed, can disclose in part the court's verdict. But Kealoha doesn't anticipate making a statement tomorrow, said Hayden Aluli, Kealoha's attorney.
"My client fully expects to have a life beyond these proceedings," he added, declining to discuss the case.
A law designed to protect juveniles prevents court officials from disclosing whether Kealoha was acquitted or judged a law violator in the Oct. 27 death of Sgt. Arthur Miller. Sources said, however, Choy ruled that Kealoha was a law violator.
Judge Michael Town in March rejected a state motion to try Kealoha, who was 17 at the time of the incident, as an adult for manslaughter.
"I can't tell you the verdict," said City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle yesterday after leaving the courtroom of Judge Darryl Choy, who heard evidence in the case last week.
The proposed bill, however, has provisions that would have allowed Kealoha's hearing to remain closed, said Jim Fulton, Carlisle's spokesman.
"It doesn't go far enough," he added.
In the case, the state alleged that Kealoha recklessly caused the death of Miller, who fell 33 feet to his death from the H-1 freeway viaduct near Honolulu Airport.
Miller, a 19-year Honolulu Police Department veteran, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit.
The police initially charged Kealoha with second-degree murder in the incident, which allegedly began as a traffic scuffle.
But Carlisle reduced the charge to manslaughter after reviewing evidence and re-interviewing about a dozen witnesses.
He said evidence that would be admissible in court suggested that the state should prosecute for the lesser offense, which suggests that the crime was reckless rather than intentional.