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STATE v. SANTIAGO

No. 4966.

492 P.2d 657 (1971)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Blanchfield, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Brook Hart, Public Defender, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Douglas L. Halsted, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., and Patricia K. Park, Deputy Pros. Atty., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.

ABE, Justice.

This case presents a series of troublesome issues concerning the conduct of a criminal trial. In brief we are called upon to decide:

I. Whether in a criminal case the defendant's credibility as a witness may be impeached by showing that he had previously been convicted of first degree burglary.

II. Whether custodial admissions made by the defendant, who had not been properly apprised of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona,

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