State v. Hashimoto

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

TSUKIYAMA, C.J.

Defendants, David K. HasMmoto, George M. Tanisue, Florendo Guillermo, Leo Bajo, Aurelio Barro, Alfred L. Canianes and Henry A. Alejandro, were indicted for and convicted by a jury in tbe First Circuit Court of the crime of robbery in the second degree.

The evidence in this case shows that, pursuing a preconceived plan to “roll” someone, defendants one evening proceeded to Ala Moana Park in Honolulu in search of a prey. There, they came upon one Gene Smith and a girl companion. Without provocation, defendants launched an attack upon Smith, pommeling,…