State v. O'KEEFE

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MIZUHA, J.

Defendant-appellant, Paul E. O’Keefe, after a jury-trial was found guilty of violating section 288-2 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955 and fined $50.00. The appeal was submitted on the briefs without oral argument.

Specifications of error raised by the defendant are as follows: (1) That the court erred in giving State’s Instruction No. 9 over objection of appellant; (2) that the court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion for a mistrial following the jury’s request for further explanation of a definition of “consideration” and the court’s indicating…