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· 4/25/1978

State v. Riveira

Citations

  • 577 P.2d 793
  • 59 Haw. 148
  • 1978 Haw. LEXIS 174

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the defendant was “entitled to have the trier of fact consider a defense having any support in the evidence no matter how weak, inconclusive, or unsatisfactory the evidence involved”
  • “If a proffered request is in any respect incorrect, the denial of such a request is not error.”
  • “The rule requiring the submission of factual determinations to the jury if there is any evidence upon which the jury may act is based on the principle that credibility of witnesses and weight of the evidence are for the jury to decide.”

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Judges: Richardson, Kobayashi, Ogata, Menor, Kidwell

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