State v. Loa

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• holding that circuit court plainly erred in allowing jury instruction for the nonexistent offense of “attempted reckless manslaughter” as a purported \lesser included offense\ of attempted first degree murder, where defendant-appellant was convicted of the nonexistent offense
• holding that circuit court plainly erred in allowing jury instruction for the nonexistent offense of \attempted reckless manslaughter\ as a purported \lesser included offense\ of attempted first degree murder, where defendant-appellant was convicted of the nonexistent offense
• determining that the circuit court had not erred in considering police reports and testimonial evidence in imposing extended term sentence
• stating that \the ultimate responsibility properly to instruct the jury lies with the circuit court and not with trial counsel\ (quoting State v. Kupau, 76 Hawai`i 387, 395, 879 P.2d 492, 500 (1994))
• stating that “the ultimate responsibility properly to instruct the jury lies with the circuit court and not with trial counsel” (quoting State v. Kupau, 76 Hawai'i 387, 395, 879 P.2d 492, 500 (1994))
• upholding the denial of a mistrial in light of the trial court's immediate cautionary instruction and the strong evidence of the defendant's guilt

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