Hawaii Supreme Court· 1/31/1997

State v. Bates

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933 P.2d 48
84 Haw. 211

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observing that where a case does not involve any first amendment issues, a “defendant has standing to raise a vagueness challenge only insofar as the statute is vague as applied to his or her specific conduct”
observing that where a case does not involve any first amendment issues, a “defendant has standing to raise a vagueness challenge only insofar as the statute is vague as applied to his or her specific conduct”
“Provisions of a penal statute will be accorded a limited and reasonable interpretation ... in order to preserve its overall purpose and to avoid absurd results.”
listing elements of the offense

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Judges: Moon, Klein, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil

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