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STATE v. POWELL

No. 11112.

726 P.2d 266 (1986)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laverne POWELL, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen P. Godsey (Arthur E. Ross on opening brief with Law Clerk Loretta A. Sheehan, Ellen P. Godsey on reply brief), Deputy Pros. Attys., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Pollack (David K. Kuwahara with him on the brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

The question in this appeal by the State of Hawaii is whether the Circuit Court of the First Circuit erred in dismissing with prejudice the charge of Theft in the First Degree1 brought against Laverne Powell. The charge was dismissed because the circuit court concluded the "drunk decoy" operation that culminated in the commission of theft by the defendant constituted entrapment as...

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