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· 11/13/1998

State v. Opupele

Citations

  • 967 P.2d 265
  • 88 Haw. 433
  • 1998 Haw. LEXIS 417

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that defendant’s failure to object at trial constituted waiver of issue on appeal
  • vacating and remanding conviction because trial court failed to make any findings as to whether the confidential informant was a necessary witness
  • calling a \mere proximity\ instruction \superfluous\ to an instruction on constructive possession
  • calling a “mere proximity” instruction “superfluous” to an instruction on consti’uctive possession
  • “The correctness of [the foregoing definition], as a general definition of possession, is not in dispute.”
  • “The correctness of [the foregoing definition], as a general definition of possession, is not in dispute.”

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Judges: Klein, Levinson, Moon, Nakayama, Ramil

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