STATE v. TSUJIMURA

SCWC-14-0001302.

400 P.3d 500 (2017)

STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lester S. TSUJIMURA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

May 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alen M. Kaneshiro , for petitioner

Sonja McCullen , for respondent

McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ., AND NAKAYAMA, J., CONCURRING AND DISSENTING, WITH WHOM RECKTENWALD, C.J., JOINS


It has been settled for decades that the right to remain silent is a fundamental component of the right against compelled self-incrimination guaranteed by article I, section 10 of the Hawai`i Constitution. What has been subject to disagreement among several jurisdictions is the point in time at which the right...

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