TERRITORY v. SOFFRA

No. 2689.

38 Haw. 256 (1948)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. JOSEPH L. SOFFRA.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Decided October 29, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.P. Soares for plaintiff in error.

J.R. Desha, Assistant Public Prosecutor, for the Territory.

KEMP, C.J., LE BARON, J., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE RICE IN PLACE OF PETERS, J., ABSENT.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY LE BARON, J.

This is a criminal case on writ of error from the judgment of the circuit court dismissing an appeal for mitigation of a sentence entered by the district court of Honolulu wherein the defendant on his plea of nolo contendre had been adjudged guilty of the offense of careless or heedless operation of an automobile as defined by section 11701 of Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945.

There is but one assignment of error. It...

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