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STATE v. WARNER

No. 6092.

573 P.2d 959 (1977)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin Louis WARNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie N. Milks, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Archibald C.K. Kaolulo, Deputy Pros. Atty., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu (Winston K.Q. Wong, Deputy Pros. Atty., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

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

OGATA, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Melvin Louis Warner (hereinafter referred to as appellant) was found guilty by a jury of murder.1 He was thereafter sentenced by the trial court to serve a prison term of twenty years. The single question presented on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to give appellant's requested instructions on the offense of manslaughter. We conclude that the trial court's refusal to give the...

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