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STATE v. OKURA

No. 5618.

541 P.2d 9 (1975)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell M. OKURA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

September 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Mark Clark, Hilo, for defendant-appellant.

Douglas L. Halsted, Deputy Pros. Atty., Hilo (Paul M. De Silva, Pros. Atty., Hawaii County, with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., KOBAYASHI and OGATA, JJ., and LANHAM, Circuit Judge, in place of MENOR, J., disqualified, and CHANG, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.

KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This is an appeal by Russell M. Okura, the defendant (appellant), from a verdict of guilty on the charge of negligent homicide in the first degree. The appellant assigns as errors the following: first, the trial judge's striking of the entire testimony of a witness presented by the appellant as an expert witness; and second, the admission of testimony of the mother of the deceased. For reasons stated below, we reverse.

STATEMENT OF THE...

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