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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 22781.

30 P.3d 238 (2001)

96 Hawai`i 224

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah L. Kim, Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs, for defendant-appellant.

Caroline M. Mee, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, RAMIL, and ACOBA, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that the police failed to make a reasonable effort to contact an attorney pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 803-9(2) (1993), as requested by Defendant-Appellant Jennifer Edwards (Defendant), when they did nothing more than call the attorney's listed telephone number twice on two different occasions, although informed that the number was not in service. However, we hold that the violation of HRS § 803-9...

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