Hawaii Supreme Court· 4/20/2011

State v. Tuua

Citations

250 P.3d 273
125 Haw. 10
2011 Haw. LEXIS 87

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holding that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct by stating to the jury during closing arguments, without supporting evidence, that the defendant’s brother could be convicted of perjury for testifying that he, rather than his brother Tuua, committed the offense.
explaining this court’s reluctance to hold improper statements harmless “[i]n close cases involving the credibility of witnesses, particularly where there are no disinterested witnesses or other corroborating evidence”
comparing State v. Maluia, 107 Hawai#i 20, 27, 108 P.3d 974, 981 (2005
\This court evaluates the severity of the conduct in determining whether the first factor favors holding that an improper statement was harmless.\
\prosecutors are entitled to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence.\

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Judges: Recktenwald, Naeayama, Acoba, Duffy, Nacino

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