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Hawaii Supreme Court· 10/10/2007

State v. Fields

Citations

  • 168 P.3d 955
  • 115 Haw. 503

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that Hawai'i appellate courts have the \inherent power to notice plain error sua sponte \
  • stating that HRS § 602-59(b) “is not descriptive of the scope of review determinative of the supreme court’s decision to grant or deny certiorari” (quoting Conf. Comm. Rep. No. 73, in 1979 Senate Journal, at 992 (internal quotation marks, emphases, and brackets omitted))
  • stating that HRS § 602-59(b) “is not descriptive of the scope of review determinative of the supreme court’s decision to grant or deny certiorari” (quoting Conf. Comm. Rep. No. 73, in 1979 Senate Journal, at 992 (internal quotation marks, emphases, and brackets omitted))
  • declining to notice plain error in regard to an out-of-court statement that purportedly violated defendant’s right of confrontation under the Hawai'i Constitution
  • explaining that the power to exercise plain error is to be exercised sparingly because it “represents a departure from a presupposition of the adversary system—that a party must look to his or her counsel for protection and bear the cost of counsel’s mistakes”
  • \Fields retains the ability to vindicate his rights by filing a petition . . . asserting a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel\

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Duffy, Acoba

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