STATE v. NORTON

No. 14955.

815 P.2d 1025 (1991)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shonna K. NORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd Scott (Theodore Y.H. Chinn, on the brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Office of Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph W. Lee, Deputy Pros. Atty., Office of Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


LUM, Chief Justice.

This court is called upon to reverse a criminal conviction for abuse of a family or household member, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 709-906 (1985). The error claimed is that, in a bench trial, the judge's ruling included a statement indicating that she was using an erroneous standard for the prosecution's burden of proof. As appellate courts must be firmly convinced that the trial court...

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