State v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

On January 10, 1976, defendant-appellant Kenneth Allan Smith (hereinafter “appellant”) was convicted by a jury of five counts of robbery in the first degree for violation of Section 708-840 of the Hawaii Penal Code. He appeals from the judgment entered by the First Circuit Court on February 18, 1976, which sentenced him to the custody of the Director of Social Services and Housing for imprisonment in the Hawaii State Prison for four years as to each of such counts. We reverse. Although appellant advances eight grounds for reversal of his conviction, the only…