STATE v. TEXEIRA

SCAP-18-0000632.

465 P.3d 960 (2020)

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Koma Kekoa TEXEIRA, Jr., Defendant-Appellant, and Clayton Kalani Kona, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. De Costa , Daniel G. Hempey , Lihue, for appellant.

Tracy Murakami , for appellee.

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


The defendant in this case was convicted of murder in the second degree. At trial, he sought to introduce evidence tending to show that a third-party committed the offense, but the trial court excluded the evidence. This appeal contends that the evidence was improperly excluded. The defendant also challenges the...

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