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STATE v. ESTRADA

No. 11377.

738 P.2d 812 (1987)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James H.J. ESTRADA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

June 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bettencourt, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Artemio C. Baxa (Dave S. Fukuoka, Nancy T. Sugimura, and Larry T. Butrick, with him on the brief), County of Maui, Wailuku, Deputy Pros. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., NAKAMURA, PADGETT and HAYASHI, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge JAMES S. BURNS, in place of WAKATSUKI, J., excused.

HAYASHI, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant James H.J. Estrada (hereinafter "Estrada") appeals his attempted murder conviction and life sentence without the possibility of parole for the shooting of Maui County Police Officer Keith Taguma (hereinafter "Officer Taguma"). Estrada had claimed shooting Officer Taguma in self-defense accidentally after the latter had become violent. Circuit Judge Boyd P. Mossman (hereinafter "Judge Mossman") presided over the jury trial. Estrada...

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