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STATE v. SAWYER

No. 20697.

966 P.2d 637 (1998)

88 Hawai`i 325

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Loretta T. SAWYER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce K. Matsumori-Hoshijo, Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.

James M. Anderson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

RAMIL, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Loretta T. Sawyer appeals from her conviction of attempted murder in the second degree in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 705-500 and 707-701.5 (1993).1 Defendant raises five points of error on appeal, the dispositive issue being whether the trial court erred in failing, sua sponte, to give a mitigating defense instruction on attempted manslaughter resulting from extreme...

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