State v. Pauline

Opinion of the Court by

RAMIL, J.

The defendant-appellant Frank Pauline, Jr. appeals from the third circuit court’s judgment of conviction1 of murder in the second degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-701.5 (1993), kidnapping, in violation of HRS § 707-720(l)(c) (1993), and sexual assault in the first degree, in violation of HRS § 707-730(l)(a) (1993), and the subsequent sentence. On appeal, Pauline contends that the trial court erred in: (1) denying Pauline’s motion to transfer the case to another circuit; (2) failing to review the videotape of Pauline’s expert witness…