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· 10/20/1994

State v. Chow

Citations

  • 883 P.2d 663
  • 77 Haw. 241

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that denial of affirmative request for allocution does not violate federal Due Process Clause
  • holding that denial of affirmative request for allocution does not violate federal Due Process Clause
  • recognizing that a defendant’s “right to be heard in criminal proceedings prior to sentencing is constitutionally protected”
  • holding allocution \provides offenders the opportunity to contest any disputed factual basis for sentencing and [to] persuade the judge to choose a favored sentence alternatively\
  • reading Hill to foreclose any federal due process right not to be denied an affirmative request for allocution
  • reading Hill to foreclose any federal due process right not to be denied an affirmative request for allocution

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Judges: Burns, Watanabe, Acoba

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