State v. Arquilla

STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

KELLY A. ARQUILLA, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 29309.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

July 21, 2010.

On the briefs:

Loren J. Thomas, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City & County of Honolulu, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Craig W. Jerome, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant-Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FUJISE, Presiding Judge, Leonard and Reifurth, JJ.

This memorandum opinion addresses two points of alleged error regarding communications between the court and a deliberating jury. Specifically, we determine whether it was erroneous for the trial court to: (1) deny…