NAKAYAMA, Justice.
Defendant-appellant Alai M. Aluli appeals her conviction of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree, in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1242(1)(c). Aluli primarily argues that she did not "distribute" cocaine because she merely offered to buy cocaine and an offer to buy does not, as a matter of law, constitute an act of "distribution." We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 8, 1992, at approximately...
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