Legal Opinion
State v. Richie
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1998No. 19934PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAMIL, Justice.
Defendant-Appellant Carl Irvin Richie appeals from the judgment convicting him of promoting prostitution in the second degree, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1203 (1993), and unlawful ownership or operation of business, in violation of HRS § 842-2(2) (1993). 1 For the following reasons, we affirm Richie’s conviction of promoting prostitution in the second degree, but we reverse his conviction of unlawful ownership or operation of business.
I. BACKGROUND
Testimony at trial revealed the following. Officer Alfredo Villanueva, an undercover officer with the Vice…
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