State v. Kahalewai

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Defendant-appellant Richard Kahalewai was indicted for murder in the first degree under HRS §§ 702-1 and 748-1. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. From a denial of his motions for judgment of acquittal, judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, this appeal was taken.

We affirm.

Defendant appealed, specifying three citations of error. He first argues that the trial court erred in denying his motions for judgment of acquittal under Rule 29(a), HRCrP1 *128made at the close of the prosecution’s case, at the close of all…