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STATE v. LEVI

No. 9034.

686 P.2d 9 (1984)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin LEVI, Defendant-Appellant, and Ray Tachibana, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logan Young, Asst. Public Defender, Honolulu (Alvin T. Sasaki, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Shirley Smith, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Arthur E. Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, and Lynn L. Hodgson, Law Clerk, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

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

LUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Defendant-Appellant Melvin Levi from a conviction of first degree murder under former Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 748-1. The conviction was as a result of the murder of Gordon Scott in 1969. We conclude that the trial court did not commit error in refusing to dismiss the indictment because of a 31-month pre-indictment delay. However, we conclude that the trial court did commit reversible error in admitting into evidence...

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