State v. Ornellas

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

TSUKIYAMA. C.J.

On June 10, 1959, three girls, Eleanor, Roxanna and defendant, Hazel Gloria Ornellas, left Ewa Beach, a rural community, for the city of Honolulu. On the beach at Waikiki, they met and whiled away the day with three men. About 10:30 that evening, they decided to go back to Ewa Beach accompanied by the men. Finding an unoccupied car not far from where they were, the girls stole it and with defendant driving, they headed for their destination. In her testimony, Roxanna stated that while she *104and the girls were at her uncle’s house in Waikiki that same day,…