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STATE v. CORDEIRA

No. 10183.

707 P.2d 373 (1985)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven CORDEIRA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Barr (Charles E.N. Dickson with her on brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, for appellant.

Peter M. Wilkens, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for appellee.

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

NAKAMURA, Justice.

The defendant in a criminal case tried before a jury "is entitled to an instruction on every defense or theory of defense having any support in the evidence." State v. O'Daniel, 62 Haw. 518, 527, 616 P.2d 1383, 1390 (1980) (emphasis in original). Steven Cordeira, who relied on an alibi defense at trial, contends the trial court erred in refusing his alibi instructions. But after reading the court's...

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