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· 6/19/1975

State v. Giltner

Citations

  • 537 P.2d 14
  • 56 Haw. 374
  • 1975 Haw. LEXIS 107

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a scuba diver’s knife is not a “deadly or dangerous weapon”
  • holding that a scuba diver's knife is not a \deadly or dangerous weapon\
  • police officer’s knowledge that during a previous police encounter defendant had been offensively armed did not justify frisk
  • when officer questioned men about a complaint of rowdiness, defendant’s reputation for carrying arms was insufficient basis for frisk even though officer had personal knowledge that defendant had been previously armed
  • when officer questioned men about a complaint of rowdiness, defendant's reputation for carrying arms was insufficient basis for frisk even though officer had personal knowledge that defendant had been previously armed
  • “The record before us is void of any indication whatsoever 15 of how [the witness] might have responded to counsel’s inquiry, and the alleged error 16 raised under this point is consequently not capable of resolution on appeal.”

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Judges: Richardson, Kobayashi, Ogata, Menor, Lewis

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