STATE v. CAVNESS

No. 4301.

46 Haw. 470 (1963)

381 P.2d 685

STATE OF HAWAII v. ORESTUS CAVNESS.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myer C. Symonds (Bouslog & Symonds of counsel) for defendant-appellant.

John H. Peters, Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, and George I. Hieda, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for the State, plaintiff-appellee.

TSUKIYAMA, C.J., CASSIDY, WIRTZ, LEWIS AND MIZUHA, JJ.


Per Curiam.

The defendant-appellant was convicted after a jury trial of aiding and abetting in the commission of an act of prostitution in violation of R.L.H. 1955, § 309-30. As grounds for reversal, appellant urges that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict and that misconduct of the prosecuting attorney in argument to the jury constituted prejudicial error.

The act of prostitution upon which the charge against the defendant is...

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