STATE v. CHURCHILL

Nos. 8322 and 8332.

664 P.2d 757 (1983)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip Winston CHURCHILL and Todd Roger Swanson, Defendants-Appellants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

As Amended July 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick T.S. Moon, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Christopher Bouslog, and Alvin T. Sasaki, Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, on opening brief, Arthur T. Trask, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, on reply brief), for defendant-appellant Phillip Winston Churchill.

Michael A. Weight, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant Todd Roger Swanson.

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, City and County of Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


HEEN, Judge.

Defendants Phillip Winston Churchill (Churchill) and Todd Roger Swanson (Swanson) appeal from their convictions of manslaughter. Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-702 (1976). Defendants contend that the trial court erred in (1) constricting the scope of voir dire examination of prospective jurors by the prosecutor and defendants; (2) refusing an instruction offered by defendant Churchill1 relating to how the jury should...

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