State v. Adler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “this court has consistently held that every enactment of the legislature is presumptively constitutional, and a party challenging the statute has the burden of showing unconstitutionality beyond a reasonable doubt”
• stating that judicial estoppel does not allow a party to \maintain inconsistent positions\ that will prejudice another party
• explaining appellants bear \the burden to show error by reference to matters in the record\ and courts are \not obligated to sift through the voluminous record to verify an appellant's inadequately documented contentions\ (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• defendant judicially estopped from claiming on appeal he possessed marijuana by prescription when he conceded in motion to dismiss it cannot be prescribed
• “Appellants must show a ‘substantial burden’ on religious interests.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Murray
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-10-29· cited 57×
• State v. Tracy
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-22· cited 20×
• State v. Sunderland
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-09-21· cited 13×
• State v. Pacquing.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2013-03-22· cited 10×
• State v. Armitage.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-01-28· cited 10×
• Kahaikupuna v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-01-05· cited 5×
• In Re TC
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-06-26· cited 5×
• State v. Paris.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2016-08-08· cited 3×
• State v. Keawemauhili
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2007-04-05· cited 2×
• Hamilton Ex Rel. Lethem v. Lethem
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2011-06-30· cited 1×
• State v. GRINDLING
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2010-03-19
• State v. Mundon
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-02-27
• State v. Skapinok
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2020-06-04
• State v. Manion
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2020-10-30
• In re: KQ, a minor v. RQ
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2022-03-23
• Swaim v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2022-06-17
• State v. Arbogast
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2025-12-23
• State v. Midel
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2026-02-25