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STATE v. REYES

No. 8571.

670 P.2d 1282 (1983)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul P. REYES, III, also known as Platon S. Reyes, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

November 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Oakes, Certified Law Student, University of Hawaii Law School (Alvin T. Sasaki, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

Lila Le Duc, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Upon a trial by jury, the defendant was found guilty of escape in the second degree from Oahu Community Correctional Center, in violation of HRS § 710-1021. The defendant offered the defense of necessity (HRS § 703-302). He appeals from the judgment and sentence of the circuit court, alleging abuse of discretion by the court below in admitting evidence of two prior escape convictions and of his life sentence with possibility of parole, which...

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