State v. Austin

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, J.

Defendant-Appellant Steven Roger Austin (Austin) appeals his conviction for the first-degree promotion of the dangerous drug cocaine plus complicity pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) *301§§ 712— 1241(1 )(b)(ii)(B) (1985) and 702-222(l)(b) (1985).1 At the jury trial over the defense objections, Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawaii (State) had introduced evidence about the police drug sting “Operation Rabbit” to show the involvement with illegal substances of the prosecution witnesses who had testified about Austin’s extensive drug trafficking. But Austin,…