STATE v. O'DANIEL

No. 6953.

616 P.2d 1383 (1980)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Blaine O'DANIEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

September 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Seitz, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

William K. Meheula, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Timothy A. Liu, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and MARUMOTO and KOBAYASHI, Retired Justices, assigned by reason of vacancy.


OGATA, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, James O'Daniel (hereinafter called appellant) was indicted for the murder of his wife in violation of HRS § 707-701.1 After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of manslaughter, a lesser included offense, and was sentenced to ten years in prison. The appellant now appeals and raises numerous issues but for the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment and sentence of the trial court...

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