State v. Robinson

OPINION

KLEIN, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Paul D. Robinson, Jr., was convicted on July 20,1993, of second degree murder under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-701.5(1) (Supp.1992). 1 Robinson subsequently filed this timely appeal. He contends that the circuit court committed prejudicial error in admitting certain evidence. We disagree and affirm.

I

On January 29, 1993, Robinson killed his live-in girlfriend, Irene Bowles, by asphyxiation. At trial, Robinson asserted the mitigating defense of “extreme mental or emotional disturbance manslaughter” or, in the alternative, “reckless…