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STATE v. KAMEENUI

Nos. 12347, 12353.

753 P.2d 1250 (1988)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan KAMEENUI, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David KEALOHA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Hunt, (Melody Anne Parker and Susan Barr on the opening brief and Susan Barr on the reply brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Vickie Silberstein (Lila B. Le Duc on the brief), Deputy Pros. Attys., Dept. of the Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

LUM, Chief Justice.

The Defendants, Bryan Kameenui and David Kealoha, were convicted in unrelated incidents under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 709-906, the spouse abuse statute. These appeals challenge the statute as unconstitutionally void for vagueness and overbreadth for failure to adequately define the term "physical abuse." We hold that the statute is not vague or overbroad and affirm the convictions.

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