State v. Cordeira

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA. J.

The defendant in a criminal case tried before a jury “is entitled to an instruction on every defense or theory of defense having any support in the evidence.” State v. O’Daniel, 62 Haw. 518, 527, 616 P.2d 1383, 1390 (1980) (emphasis in original). Steven Cordeira, who relied on an alibi defense at trial, contends the trial court erred in refusing his alibi instructions. But after reading the court’s charge to the jury in its entirety, we are convinced no error was committed. Thus, we affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit.

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