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IN INTEREST OF DOE

No. 15299.

828 P.2d 272 (1992)

In the Interest of John DOE, born on August 3, 1977, Juvenile-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim T. Tate, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu (Theodore Y.H. Chinn, Deputy Public Defender, on the brief), for juvenile-appellant.

Alexa D.M. Fujise, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for appellee State.

Before PADGETT, acting C.J., HAYASHI, WAKATSUKI and MOON, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge BURNS, in place of LUM, C.J., recused.

MOON, Justice.

Minor John Doe (Minor) appeals from the order of the Family Court of the First Circuit, adjudicating him a law violator under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-11(1),1 based on its ruling that he was in possession of a "butterfly" knife in violation of HRS § 134-52. Minor raises two points on appeal: 1) whether a butterfly knife is prohibited as a type of switchblade knife under HRS § 134-52; and 2) whether...

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