INTEREST OF DM

SCWC-20-0000485.

526 P.3d 446 (2023)

In the INTEREST OF DM.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Corrected March 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis J. Hironaka , Honolulu, for petitioner.

Brian R. Vincent , for respondent.

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


A minor stabbed another minor. The State prosecuted, and the minor, DM, argued self-defense. The family court rejected his defense. It ruled the prosecution had proven attempted assault in the first degree beyond a reasonable doubt.

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