MATTER OF MOE

No. 6429.

617 P.2d 1222 (1980)

In the Matter of Fitisemanu MOE, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Randolph R. Slaton and Roy K.S. Chang, Deputy Pros. Attys., Honolulu, on the briefs), for appellant.

Larry L. Zenker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and OGATA, MENOR, LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ.


LUM, Justice.

We resolve a conflict of interpretations regarding Rule 6(e) of the Hawaii Rules of Criminal Procedure (1960),1 which governs secrecy and disclosure of criminal grand jury proceedings, in a hearing involving the attorney general for the State of Hawaii and the prosecuting attorney for the City and County of Honolulu.

Following a grand jury investigation relative to the death of Fitisemanu Moe, the prosecuting attorney...

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