STATE v. KIM

No. 5477.

519 P.2d 1241 (1974)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thelma M. KIM, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Tsukiyama, Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Corrine H. Lee, Deputy Pros. Atty. (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., of counsel), for the State.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., LEVINSON, KOBAYASHI and OGATA, JJ., and FUKUSHIMA, Circuit Judge assigned temporarily by reason of vacancy.


OGATA, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Thelma M. Kim (hereinafter appellant), was charged with, and convicted of two counts of negligent homicide in the first degree.1 The charges arose out of events occurring on the evening of December 24, 1971. During this particular evening, a serious automobile accident occurred on Fort Weaver Road, involving one car containing appellant and her husband and one car containing Art and Myra Newman. As...

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