Hawaii Supreme Court· 7/10/1979

State v. Kaneakua

Citations

597 P.2d 590
61 Haw. 136
1979 Haw. LEXIS 145

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

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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Judges: Salz, Richardson, Ogata, Menor

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