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State v. Kim

Citations

  • 519 P.2d 1241
  • 55 Haw. 346
  • 1974 Haw. LEXIS 108

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  • holding that in a prosecution for negligent homicide arising from a traffic accident, a witness’s pre-trial hearing testimony could not be read to the jury during defendant’s trial where the prosecution failed to demonstrate the unavailability of the witness
  • prosecution did not sufficiently establish unavailability by showing that witness had forwarding address in another state where no attempt made to secure witness’s presence
  • when witness is out of state, the State must show a good-faith effort to ascertain the actual location of the witness, and if necessary, use the Act to secure the witness’s attendance
  • prosecutor must make good faith effort to locate witness
  • prosecutor must make good faith effort to locate witness

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Judges: Richardson, Levinson, Kobayashi, Ogata, Fukushima, Temporarily

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