STATE v. NAKOA

No. 14808.

817 P.2d 1060 (1991)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randall Ku NAKOA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

September 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iris M. Arakawa (William E. McGrath and Theodore Y.H. Chinn, on the briefs), Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Dale Yamada Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Captain Cook, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


MOON, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Randall Ku Nakoa (Nakoa) appeals from his conviction of escape in the second degree, a violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 710-1021(1). Nakoa contends that: 1) the evidence presented at trial failed to establish that he was in custody when he fled from the police; 2) the trial court erred when it gave certain jury instructions which invited jury confusion; and 3) he was denied his right to a fair trial because the prosecutor...

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