STATE v. KAPAU

No. 15885.

879 P.2d 492 (1994)

76 Hawai`i 387

STATE of Hawai`i, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Walter KAPAU, Jr., Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter V.N. Esser, on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondent-appellant Walter Kupau, Jr.

Patricia A. Loo, Deputy Pros. Atty., on the briefs, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee State of Hawai`i.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


LEVINSON, Justice.

On June 13, 1990, a Honolulu grand jury returned an indictment against the respondent-appellant Walter Kupau, Jr., charging him with having intentionally or knowingly caused substantial bodily injury to James Rockwell on or about September 6, 1988, thereby committing the offense of assault in the second degree in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-711(1)(a) (Supp.1992).1 A jury subsequently found...

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