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Hawaii Supreme Court· 2/20/2008

State v. Gomes

Citations

  • 177 P.3d 928
  • 117 Haw. 218
  • 2008 Haw. LEXIS 39

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that because the defendant “put on evidence after moving for a judgment of acquittal at the end of [the State’s] case, he waived any error in the denial” of this motion
  • concluding that because the defendant “put on evidence after moving for a judgment of acquittal at the end of the State’s ease, he waived any error in the denial” of this motion
  • stating that this court is \bound to construe statutes so as to avoid absurd results\ (quoting Tauese v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. Relations, 113 Hawai`i 1, 31, 147 P.3d 785, 815 (2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted))
  • stating that this court is “bound to construe statutes so as to avoid absurd results” (quoting Tauese v. Dep’t of Labor & Indus. Relations, 113 Hawai'i 1, 31, 147 P.3d 785, 815 (2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted))
  • interpreting HRS § 710-1070, a statute prohibiting bribery of a witness in a criminal case, in a manner that avoided \absurd interpretation of the express language of [the statute]\
  • interpreting HRS § 710-1070, a statute prohibiting bribery of a witness in a criminal case, in a manner that avoided “absurd interpretation of the express language of [the statute]”

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Acoba, Duffy, Nakayama

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