OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The question that we are required to answer in this appeal is whether in the totality of circumstances in which a confession was obtained it was voluntary and could be constitutionally used as evidence by the prosecution in a trial that began September 8, 1964. We hold that it was not.
Defendant-Appellant, James Keawehalu Wong, hereafter referred to as "defendant," was an inmate at the Hawaii State Prison (formerly known...
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