STATE v. MURPHY

No. 5944.

575 P.2d 448 (1978)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Patrick MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Yonemoto, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Kendall C.S. Wong, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


OGATA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The defendant-appellant, George Patrick Murphy (hereinafter referred to as appellant), was found guilty by a jury of the murder of Linda K. Knodle. The court below sentenced appellant to life imprisonment with possibility of parole.1 Upon consideration of all the points raised on this appeal...

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