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· 7/6/1992

State v. Hamala

Citations

  • 834 P.2d 275
  • 73 Haw. 289
  • 1992 Haw. LEXIS 63

How courts have described this case

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  • noting, in evaluating a double jeopardy issue, that this court had previously concluded that testimony that the defendant had previously shot two people “was highly prejudicial”
  • testimony regarding prior bad acts elicited by prosecutor was improper and highly prejudicial warranting reversal of conviction, but such conduct did not bar retrial
  • testimony regarding prior bad acts elicited by prosecutor was improper and highly prejudicial warranting reversal of conviction, but such conduct did not bar retrial

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Judges: Lum, Wakatsuki, Moon, Klein, Levinson

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