STATE v. SANTIAGO

No. 5332.

516 P.2d 1256 (1973)

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

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Blanchfield, Honolulu (Hart, Sherwood, Leavitt, Blanchfield & Hall, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Adrienne Sepaniak, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., Honolulu, with her on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

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


ABE, Justice.

The defendant, Norman Santiago, was convicted of the offense of murder in the first degree. Judgment and sentence were entered by the court and the defendant appealed.

The defendant does not deny having killed the police officer, Ernest Lindemann; however, he contends that at the time of the killing it was impossible for him to formulate the requisite mental state for first degree murder.

On the day of the incident, the defendant and...

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