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State v. St. Clair

Citations

  • 67 P.3d 779
  • 101 Haw. 280

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that evidence is admissible under HRE Rule 404(b) to prove the defendant’s reckless state of mind
  • evidence showing defendant involved in automobile accident while driving intoxicated less than four years before charged accident involving pedestrian death was relevant in manslaughter prosecution to prove defendant acted recklessly when driving after consuming at least 12 beers
  • the right/wrong standard is used to determine relevance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Rosario, Acoba, Chang

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