· 1/31/2014
State v. Pomroy.
Citations
- 132 Haw. 85
- 319 P.3d 1093
- 2014 WL 535725
- 2014 Haw. LEXIS 47
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the trial court erred when it asked the defendant if he \understood that\ without clarifying to which right \that\ referenced
- holding that the trial court erred when it asked the defendant if he \understood that\ without clarifying to which right \that\ referenced
- noting that footnote seven in Tachibana \stated the purpose and substance of the right-to-testify colloquy\
- addressing evidentiary sufficiency after finding that the violation of constitutional right to testify was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
- finding the waiver to be invalid because the defendant repeatedly expressed doubt and uncertainty over what the trial court was telling him regarding his right-to- testify
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Judges: McKenna, Acoba, Mekenna, Pollack, Recktenwald, Nakayama
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