STATE v. MONIZ

Nos. 11825, 11826.

742 P.2d 373 (1987)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald R.M. MONIZ, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Eitoku HENZAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied September 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Barr (Cheryl D. Holland with her, on the brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Arthur Ross (Willard J. Peterson, on the brief), Deputy Pros. Attys., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT, and WAKATSUKI, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge HEEN in Place of WAKATSUKI, J., disqualified.


LUM, Chief Justice.

Ronald R. M. Moniz and Richard Eitoku Henzan (collectively "Appellants") are two unrelated individuals who were committed to the Hawaii State Hospital after being acquitted on criminal charges on the basis of mental disease. In 1986, Appellants sought permission to go on unescorted leaves from the hospital. They filed motions in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit seeking court approval for hospital...

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