State v. Calbero

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “HRE [Rule] 412 cannot override the constitutional rights of the accused”
• holding that \HRE [Rule] 412 cannot override the constitutional rights of the accused\
• noting that an evidence rule \cannot override the constitutional rights of the accused\
• “[Hawai'i Rules of Evidence (HRE) ] 412 cannot override the constitutional rights of the accused.”
• “Whether or not the complaining witness had had past sexual experience was relevant only to the extent the State, by eliciting [the complaining witness’] answer ... had injected her past experience into the trial.”
• defendant’s constitutional right to confrontation dictates that he be allowed to cross-examine complainant regarding her statements to him about her past sexual conduct, in order to bolster his defense of consent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).