STATE v. PROVARD

No. 7334.

631 P.2d 181 (1981)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Tonkin PROVARD, also known as John Thomas Meacham, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Hioki, Honolulu (Erick T.S. Moon, Moon & Hong, Honolulu, of counsel; Matthew S.K. Pyun, Jr., Honolulu, with him on reply brief), for defendant-appellant.

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Albert H. Esposito, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on answering brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and OGATA, MENOR, LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant-appellant John Tonkin Provard appeals a judgment of conviction entered against him in the circuit court on March 14, 1979, after a jury found him guilty of attempted theft in the first degree under §§ 705-500(1)(a) and 708-831(1)(b), Hawaii Penal Code (HPC).

Appellant claims the trial court erred in denying (1) his pretrial motion to dismiss indictment because the government did not try him within six months after his arrest...

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