STATE v. WOODHALL

No. SCWC-11-0000097.

301 P.3d 607 (2013)

129 Haw. 397

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Geoffrey WOODHALL, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirsha K.M. Durante , for petitioner.

Linda L. Walton , for respondent.

NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ., with RECKTENWALD, C.J., Concurring and Dissenting Separately.


Opinion of the Court by McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

A medical marijuana patient was arrested for possessing medical marijuana while passing through airport security at Kona International Airport. He was later convicted of Promoting a Detrimental Drug in the Third Degree. We are called upon to determine whether (1) the defendant presented sufficient evidence to trigger a medical marijuana affirmative defense in a stipulated fact trial, in which the parties...

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