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TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. JOAQUIN

NO. 2740.

39 Haw. 221 (1952)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. LIBERATO GUILLERMO JOAQUIN.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided February 5, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.R. Kemble (also on the briefs) for plaintiff in error.

A.R. Hawkins, Assistant Public Prosecutor (C.M. Hite, Public Prosecutor, with him on the briefs), for defendant in error.

LE BARON AND TOWSE, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE SAPIENZA IN PLACE OF KEMP, C.J., RETIRED.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY TOWSE, C.J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

The record is before this court on writ of error. Eight assignments are specified. The first two allege error in the admission of evidence. The sixth and seventh allege error in the refusal to give instructions. The third, fourth and fifth challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

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