State v. Chong

LEVINSON, Justice.

The defendant-petitioner-appellee Damien Chong has applied for a writ of certiorari from the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in State v. Chong, 86 Hawai'i 290, 949 P.2d 130 (App.1997) [hereinafter, the “ICA’s decision”], which reversed the circuit court’s order granting Chong’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him. Put simply, the issue presented is whether the prosecution’s use of pre-scripted questions and answers in connection with its grand jury witnesses is so innately prejudicial that the practice — in and of itself — violates a defendant’s…