STATE v. ARNOLD

No. 8242.

657 P.2d 1052 (1983)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan Dale ARNOLD, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Trask, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Nelson W.S. Goo, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Boyd Mossman, Pros. Atty., County of Maui, Wailuku (Artemio C. Baxa, Deputy Pros. Atty., Wailuku, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, Acting C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ., and CHANG, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


LUM, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Alan Dale Arnold appeals his jury conviction of manslaughter. Appellant's primary contention on appeal is that he was denied his right to a fair trial because of the state's failure to produce a specific letter which appellant alleges would have been favorable to his case. Upon review of the evidence in the record, we conclude that the prosecution's failure to produce the document at issue does not warrant reversal. Having also determined...

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