Hawaii Supreme Court· 3/18/2010

State v. Mattson

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226 P.3d 482
122 Haw. 312
2010 Haw. LEXIS 68

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noting that under Hawai#i law, the prosecution is permitted to discuss the evidence and inferences from the evidence so long as it does not infringe on the defendant's constitutional rights
noting that this court could invoke its inherent supervisory authority to prohibit a broad category of impermissible prosecutorial comments even when not all subsets of such comments were raised on appeal
placing a \moderate and warranted\ restriction on \general\ tailoring accusations, while permitting \specific\ accusations
placing a “moderate and warranted” restriction on “general” tailoring accusations, while permitting “specific” accusations
“[Gjenerie accusations of tailoring do not aid the jury in any way in determining whether a defendant has tailored his testimony or simply related a true version of the events.”
\[G]eneric accusations of tailoring do not aid the jury in any way in determining whether a defendant has tailored his testimony or simply related a true version of the events.\

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Judges: Moon, Nakayama, Recktenwald, Acoba, Duppy

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