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STATE v. RODRIGUES

No. 8865.

679 P.2d 615 (1984)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rodrigo RODRIGUES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied March 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Ernest J. Freitas, Jr., Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the reply brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Edmunds, Honolulu (Ronald J. Verga, with him on the brief; John S. Edmunds, A Law Corporation, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

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

HAYASHI, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Hawaii from a judgment of acquittal granted by Judge Huddy under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 704-408. Appellant claims, and we agree, that there was sufficient evidence presented so as to require the judge to present the issue of sanity to the jury.1 We also decide that a defense of multiple personality syndrome (MPS) does not per se require a finding of acquittal.

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