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STATE v. LORA

SCWC-18-0000548.

465 P.3d 745 (2020)

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

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Lora, pro se, on the application, Emmanuel V. Tipon on the brief, for petitioner.

Stephen K. Tsushima , Honolulu, for respondent.

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

The defendant in this case was convicted after a jury trial that turned on the credibility of the complaining witness's testimony. This case raises the issue of whether a portion of that testimony was properly admitted for the purpose of bolstering the credibility of the witness's account of the incident. After...

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