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Garcia v. State

Citations

  • 244 P.3d 1208
  • 125 Haw. 429
  • 263 P.3d 709
  • 2010 Haw. LEXIS 328
  • 2010 WL 5275241

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that insofar as State v. Taui-liili merely interpreted a statute, it “was not a departure from precedent but, rather, confirmed the law as it existed prior to that decision”
  • holding that “retroactivity is assumed unless a ‘new rule’ is announced”
  • noting unexpected judicial reformation of the law violates the principle of fair warning

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Judges: Acoba, Due, Duffy, Nacino, Nakayama, Recktenwald

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