STATE v. KELEKOLIO

No. 15798.

849 P.2d 58 (1993)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Anthony KELEKOLIO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

As Amended April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce K. Matsumori-Hoshijo, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant John Anthony Kelekolio.

Doraine Meyer Belnap, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee State of Hawaii.

Before LUM, C.J., MOON, KLEIN and LEVINSON, JJ., and WATANABE, Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge, Assigned by reason of vacancy.


LEVINSON, Judge.

The defendant-appellant John Anthony Kelekolio (Kelekolio) appeals his November 15, 1991 convictions of sexual assault in the second degree and kidnapping. Kelekolio raises a number of substantial points of error on appeal,1 but only one is outcome dispositive. Because the trial court committed plain error in failing to conduct a competency hearing regarding the complaining witness, and because we are not convinced beyond...

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