State v. Antone

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Defendant-appellant, James F. Antone (hereinafter “appellant”), was convicted on August 18, 1976 of one count of rape in the first degree in violation of HRS § 707-730(lXa)(i) (1976) and of one count of sodomy in the first degree in violation of HRS § 707-733(l)(a)(i) (1976). On appeal, he contends that he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The relevant facts of the case are as follows^r

On February 14, 1976, the appellant, a bus driver, was operating bus #123 on…