Hawaii Supreme Court· 8/2/2013

State v. Taylor.

Citations

130 Haw. 196
307 P.3d 1142
2013 WL 3967699
2013 Haw. LEXIS 286

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holding a defendant is entitled to a requested jury instruction on a defense when he presents some evidence going to the defense
holding a defendant is entitled to a requested jury instruction on a defense when he presents some evidence going to the defense
holding plain error could be noticed on appeal if the defendant has come forward with credible evidence going to a defense that the jury should have been able to consider
holding that if a defendant does not request a defense instruction, a circuit court's failure to instruct on such a defense where there is evidence of the defense upon which a reasonable juror could harbor a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt, will be reviewed for plain error
similarly distinguishing when a defendant has or has not satisfied his burden to produce credible evidence to trigger the court's duty to instruct the jury on a particular defense

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Judges: Recktenwald, Nakayama, McKenna, Garibaldi, Acoba

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