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STATE v. BUFFALO

No. 8763.

674 P.2d 1014 (1983)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Joseph BUFFALO, aka Joseph Buffalo, aka Joey, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

December 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard D. Lee Loy, Deputy Public Defender (Robert B. Tully, Deputy Public Defender, on the opening brief), for defendant-appellant.

Charlene Y. Iboshi, Deputy Pros. Atty., County of Hawaii (Morris K. Miyasaki, Deputy Pros. Atty., on the answering brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

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

HEEN, Judge.

Defendant William Joseph Buffalo (Defendant) appeals from his conviction of the offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 134-7(b).1 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in admitting certain documentary evidence to prove Defendant's prior felony conviction. We answer yes and reverse.

Defendant was indicted for the offenses...

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