· 2/1/1971
State v. Grahovac
Citations
- 480 P.2d 148
- 52 Haw. 527
- 1971 Haw. LEXIS 117
How courts have described this case
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- holding that credit for time served should be given from invalid commitment to the now valid sentence
- portions of vagrancy statute violate state constitutional right against self-incrimination
- portions of vagrancy statute violate state constitutional right against self-incrimination
- “It is fundamental that a penal statute clearly define proscribed behavior, for failing this, definitional uncertainty denies an accused ‘due process of law’ guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article] I, s[ection] 2 of the Constitution of Hawaii.”
- wandering from place to place without lawful purpose
- striking down a statute that prohibited “wandering”
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Judges: Richardson, Marumoto, Abe, Levinson, Kobayashi
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