State v. KAPAU

879 P.2d 492 (1994)

76 Hawai`i 387

STATE of Hawai`i, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

Walter KAPAU, Jr., Respondent-Appellant.

No. 15885.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 22, 1994.

Peter V.N. Esser, on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondent-appellant Walter Kupau, Jr.

Patricia A. Loo, Deputy Pros. Atty., on the briefs, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellee State of Hawai`i.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.

LEVINSON, Justice.

On June 13, 1990, a Honolulu grand jury returned an indictment against the respondent-appellant Walter Kupau, Jr., charging him with having intentionally or knowingly…