STATE v. FAAMAMA

SCWC-14-0000061.

384 P.3d 870 (2016)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon Makanalani FAAMAMA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Waters for petitioner.

James M. Anderson , Honolulu, for respondent.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, AND POLLACK, JJ., WITH CIRCUIT JUDGE CRANDALL, IN PLACE OF WILSON, J., RECUSED, DISSENTING.


Leon Makanalani Faamama was charged with Theft in the First Degree. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, he was found guilty as charged. Faamama appealed, arguing inter alia that the circuit court erred in not instructing the jury on the lesser-included offense...

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