STATE v. HASEGAWA

Nos. 8923, 7155.

678 P.2d 1080 (1984)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James T. HASEGAWA, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul H. CARREIRA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrus Buyama, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Michael K. Tanigawa, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, on the opening brief for defendant-appellant Hasegawa and Alvin T. Sasaki, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, on the opening brief for defendant-appellant Carreira), for defendants-appellants.

Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


PADGETT, Justice.

These are appeals from convictions for prostitution and terroristic threatening, respectively. Appellants contend that the State had to prove that the appellants were not 18 years of age or younger and that it failed to do so.

Appellants' contention is based on HRS § 701-114(1)(c) which requires that the State prove facts establishing jurisdiction of the trial court beyond a reasonable doubt.

However, there is no dispute that...

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