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STATE v. POKINI

Nos. 5485, 5486.

526 P.2d 94 (1974)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James POKINI, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William MOORE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S.K. Pyun, Jr., Honolulu (Ikenaga & Pyun, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant James Pokini.

Michael R. Sherwood, Honolulu (Hart, Sherwood, Leavitt, Blanchfield & Hall, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant William Moore.

Charlotte E. Libman, Deputy Pros. Atty. (Lawrence S. Grean, Deputy Pros. Atty., with her on the briefs, Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and LEVINSON, KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ.

LEVINSON, Justice.

The defendants-appellants Pokini and Moore were jointly tried and subsequently convicted and sentenced to thirty years in prison for their alleged parts in a robbery of the Oahu Sugar Company by several armed individuals on April 28, 1972. On appeal they raise a variety of substantial claims that their right to a fair trial was denied, and therefore that we must reverse their convictions and sentences.

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