State v. Horn

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, C.J.

Defendant Roy G. Horn (Horn) appeals the lower court’s July 11, 1989 judgment convicting him of attempted manslaughter, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 707-702, 705-500 (Supp. 1989). We affirm.

FACTS

During the course of a fight between Horn and Henry Puulei (Puulei) on December 8,1988, Horn slashed Puulei with a knife in the throat, nonfataUy. The State of Hawaii (State) charged Horn in Count I with attempted murder in the second degree and in Count II with assault in the first degree.

The lower court denied Horn’s (1) pretrial motion for an order requiring…