Legal Opinion
State v. Silva
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided March 13, 1995No. 16411PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ACOBA, Judge.
Defendant Solomon Silva (Defendant) was charged with committing assault in the third degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-712(a) (1985) on Cheryl Moriyama (Moriyama) and Douglas Dilliner (Dilliner) on January 29, 1991. Following a jury-waived trial on June 26, 1992, he was convicted of the charge involving Moriyama and sentenced to one year’s probation with a $400 fine. Defendant was acquitted of the other charge. During the trial, the trial court asked 110 questions of the State’s witness, Dilliner, and dissuaded Defendant from testifying in his own…
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