State v. Kaneakua

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• clarifying that overbreadth doctrine is inapplicable to cockfighting because no constitutional right is involved
• rejecting overbreadth argument against constitutionality of cruelty to animals statute raised by defendant engaged in eockfighting
• “A person to whom a statute may be constitutionally applied cannot challenge the statute on the ground that it may conceivably be applied unconstitutionally to others.”
• “Statutory language must be read in the context of the entire statute and construed in a manner consistent with the purpose of the statute.”
• where defendants had stipulated to participating in cockfighting, HRS § 711-1109(1)(d) (1965 Repl.
• where defendants had stipulated to participating in cockfighting, HRS § 711-1109(1)(d) (1965 Repl.

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