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· 12/6/2001

State v. Bani

Citations

  • 36 P.3d 1255
  • 97 Haw. 285

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the state has an interest in assuring that the information disclosed to the public is accurate
  • holding the Hawaii statute requiring public notification including over the Internet of registered sex offenders without notice and a hearing violates procedural due process guarantees under the Hawaii Constitution
  • holding the Hawaii statute requiring public notification including over the Internet of registered sex offenders without notice and a hearing violates procedural due process guarantees under the Hawaii Constitution
  • finding, in the context of due process analysis, that “the legislature intended to provide for sex offender registration ... to protect the public from sex offenders who present ‘an extreme threat to public safety.’ ” (emphasis in original
  • “[T]he question as to the constitutionality of a statute is not for legislative determination, but is vested in the judiciary[.]”
  • convicted sex offender entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard on the issue of whether he posed a threat to the community prior to public notification of his status as a sex offender

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, Graulty

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