State v. Baker

525 P.2d 571 (1974)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Clarence Alan BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 5480.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 5, 1974.

Philip H. Lowenthal, Deputy Public Defender, Donald K. Tsukiyama, Public Defender, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Andrew T. Johnson, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Arthur Ueoka, County Atty., Wailuku, Maui, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and LEVINSON, KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ.

RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

Defendant-appellant Clarence Alan Baker was convicted of three counts of forgery in the second degree. In the indictment the state…