STATE v. WALTON

No. SCWC-11-0000667.

324 P.3d 876 (2014)

133 Haw. 66

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

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

February 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kawana , Honolulu, for petitioner.

Stephen K. Tsushima , Honolulu, for respondent.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ.


OPINIONS OF THE COURT

This case arises from an incident in which a taxi driver (complaining witness or "CW") was stabbed and robbed after transporting John Walton and Courage Lee Elkshoulder to Manoa Valley. According to the State, after CW drove Walton and Elkshoulder to Manoa, Elkshoulder grabbed CW from behind and stabbed him in the neck; Walton assisted in the attack by reaching over from the rear passenger-side seat...

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