STATE v. KAHINU

No. 5143.

498 P.2d 635 (1972)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Edson KAHINU aka John T. Cazar, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Edmunds, Mattoch, Edmunds & Kemper, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., Burt L. Snyder, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


LEVINSON, Justice.

On July 13, 1970, a jury returned a verdict in the circuit court finding Robert Edson Kahinu, the appellant herein, guilty of burglary in the first degree and assault with intent to rape.1 During the course of the trial, the complainant testified that, as she was preparing for retirement sometime after midnight, January 5, 1970, the appellant broke into her apartment, pushed her to the floor, displayed a switchblade...

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