STATE v. SNEED

No. 10597.

718 P.2d 280 (1986)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terry Lynn SNEED, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Kuwahara (Richard W. Pollack, with him on briefs), Public Defenders, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Artemio C. Baxa (Diane L. Ho, with him on brief), Deputy Pros. Attys., Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


WAKATSUKI, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Terry Lynn Sneed was found guilty of theft in the first degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 708-831. Defendant appeals on two grounds: (1) the trial court committed plain error by failing to, sua sponte, instruct the jury as to lesser included offenses of theft; and (2) the trial court erred in refusing his requested jury instruction on circumstantial...

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