STATE v. SIMPSON

No. 7774.

641 P.2d 320 (1982)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven Ray SIMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

As Amended March 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliette T. Sarmiento and Keith M. Kiuchi, Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, on briefs, for defendant-appellant.

Stanford H. Masui, First Deputy Pros. Atty., County of Hawaii, Hilo, on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ., and OGATA and MENOR, Retired Justices assigned by reason of vacancies.


OGATA, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Steven Ray Simpson (hereinafter appellant), appeals his jury conviction of murder in violation of HRS § 707-701 for which appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Appellant raises many issues in this appeal, but we find that only a few need discussion herein.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm appellant's conviction.

On December 11, 1978, the...

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