STATE v. PINEDA

No. 12718.

768 P.2d 239 (1989)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo M. PINEDA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Barr, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

James B. Takayesu, Deputy Pros. Atty., Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


NAKAMURA, Justice.

Eduardo Pineda was adjudged guilty of Extortion in the Second Degree1 and Assault in the Third Degree2 after a trial by jury in the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit. He argues on appeal that the State failed to prove extortion and the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of prior bad acts on his part. Concluding from a review of the record that extortion was proved and the trial court...

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