Legal Opinion

State v. Dizon

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided March 25, 1964No. 4312PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TSUKIYAMA, C.J.

The prosecutrix was a first-grade school teacher at Waialua Elementary School. On Sunday, March 19, 1961, she was alone in her classroom engrossed in the act of decorating the room for the approaching Easter season. When she arrived in midmorning, there were two other teachers working in another classroom. The second teacher, she noticed, left the school about noontime, the first having left sometime prior thereto. The prosecutrix was seated at her desk cutting letters spelling “Happy Easter” with a pair of scissors when suddenly she beheld a completely…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. State v. CarveloHawaii Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
  3. State v. EvansHawaii Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Burbank v. ErnstSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. KelseySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  2. State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  4. State v. KekaualuaHawaii Supreme Court · 1967
  5. State v. LimaHawaii Supreme Court · 1982

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