STATE v. MINER

No. 8016.

637 P.2d 782 (1981)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Maluhia MINER, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

December 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Seth M. Reiss, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Lionel T. Oki and Keith M. Kiuchi, Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, on the briefs) for defendant-appellant.

Before HAYASHI, C.J., and PADGETT and BURNS, JJ.


HAYASHI, Chief Judge.

Vernon Miner appeals his conviction for criminal trespass in the first degree and argues that reversal is warranted because the State failed to establish that the structure in which he trespassed was a "dwelling" within the meaning of the statute.

We find that there was substantial evidence to support the court's findings and we affirm the conviction.

The facts reveal that early in the morning of August 7, 1980, the appellant...

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