Legal Opinion
State v. Ortez
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1978No. 6407PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
KIDWELL, J.
This case is before us on appeal from the denial of appellant’s motion for reduction of sentence pursuant to Act 188, Sess. L. 1975, which is set forth in full in the margin. Appellant was indicted on September 29, 1971 for murder in the first degree. He was adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree upon his plea of guilty and was sentenced on September 1, 1972 to imprisonment for 45 years. At the time of appellant’s offense and sentencing, the crimes of murder in the first and second degrees and the punishment therefor were defined as follows:
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. ValeraHawaii Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. SinagogaHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1996
- State v. Hussein.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2010
- State v. GuillermoHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. IgeHawaii Supreme Court · 1980
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