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Hawaii Supreme Court· 9/12/1996

State v. Balisbisana

Citations

  • 924 P.2d 1215
  • 83 Haw. 109
  • 1996 Haw. LEXIS 139

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “ ‘the exposure of a witnesses] motivation in testifying is a proper and important function of the constitutionally protected right of cross-examination’ ”
  • holding that the circuit court abused its discretion in excluding evidence from which the jury could have inferred that the complainant had a motive to fabricate the charges against the defendant
  • holding that the trial court erred in precluding cross-examination regarding complaining witness's conviction of harassing defendant because, absent such evidence, the jury lacked information necessary to appraise witness's bias against defendant and motive to fabricate charges against him
  • explaining that the “harmless beyond a reasonable doubt” standard requires a “determin[ation of] whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error complained of might have contributed” to the outcome of the case (citation omitted)
  • explaining that the \harmless beyond a reasonable doubt\ standard requires a \determin[ation of] whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error complained of might have contributed\ to the outcome of the case (citation omitted)
  • \[CW] was central to the prosecution's case. She was the only witness to testify that Balisbisana had abused her.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Moon, Klein, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil

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