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STATE v. SOUZA

No. 27037.

193 P.3d 1260 (2008)

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John P. SOUZA, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

As Corrected September 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Schoettle, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Defendant-Appellant.

Joanne L. Ha`o, Deputy Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, on the briefs, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

WATANABE, Presiding Judge, FOLEY, and NAKAMURA, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by NAKAMURA, J.

Defendant-Appellant John P. Souza (Souza) appeals his convictions for willfully1 filing false tax returns and for theft by deception of the tax refunds he received. At trial, Souza sought to introduce documentary evidence which he claimed would show that based on his good-faith understanding of the tax laws, he did not believe his tax returns were false. The Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit...

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