Hawaii Supreme Court· 10/3/1996

State v. Clark

Citations

926 P.2d 194
83 Haw. 289
1996 Haw. LEXIS 141

How courts have described this case

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

holding that any error in admitting a witness's testimony was harmless where it was merely cumulative of other admissible testimony presented to the jury
concluding that prior incidents of domestic violence were admissible under HRE Rule 404(b) to show the context of the relationship between the defendant and the alleged victim
holding that the prosecutor’s description of defendant’s denial of drug use as a “cockamamie story” was not misconduct, and citing with apparent approval other state cases immunizing similar prosecutorial descriptions, such as “cock-and-bull story” and “smokescreen”
discussing HRE 802.1 and holding that because the defendant had the opportunity to have the declarant “fully explain ... why her in-court and out-of-court statements were inconsistent, ... the trier of fact [could] determine where the truth lay[]” (citation omitted)
where warranted by the evidence, prosecutor may comment during closing argument that the defendant or defense witnesses were lying
remark characterizing defendant’s testimony as a “coekamamie story” held to be “well within the limits of propriety”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Moon, Klein, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

111 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases with this name

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.