STATE v. POKINI

Nos. 5395, 5396 and 5398.

515 P.2d 1250 (1973)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James POKINI, also known as James K. Pokini, and Franklin D. Melandre, Defendants, Jonah M. Iaea and Alvin George Kaohu, Defendants-Appellants. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James POKINI, also known as James K. Pokini, et al., Defendants, William K. B. Mookini and Manuel Luna, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James POKINI, also known as James K. Pokini, et al., Defendants, Anna M. Kam, also known as April Chang, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William B. MOOKINI, Defendant-Appellant, James K. Pokini and Allen K. Willis, Defendants. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James POKINI, also known as James K. Pokini, et al., Defendants, William B. Mookini, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William B. MOOKINI, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brook Hart, Honolulu (Hart, Sherwood, Leavitt, Blanchfield & Hall, Honolulu, of counsel, Vincent H. Yano, Honolulu, with him on the brief), for Jonah M. Iaea and Manuel Luna, Jr., defendants-appellants.

David C. Schutter, Honolulu, for Anna M. Kam, Alvin George Kaohu, and William B. Mookini, defendants-appellants.

Douglas Halsted, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., and Lawrence S. Grean, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE and KOBAYASHI, JJ., and NELSON K. DOI, Circuit Judge, in place of LEVINSON, J., disqualified.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the order of the trial court entered on December 6, 1972, in the circuit court, first judicial circuit, denying defendants' motions for disqualification of the trial judge.

FACTS

This case arises out of the following factual situation. Anna M. Kam, Alvin George Kaohu, William B. Mookini, Jonah M. Iaea, and Manuel Luna, Jr., are defendants in criminal cases numbered 44262, 44263, 44325, 44614...

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