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State v. Rodgers

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1986No. 10689; FC-CR. NO 84-0001PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*439OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

The question of law reserved for our determination by the Family Court of the First Circuit1 is whether Sexual Abuse in the First Degree is committed when a person touches the covered breasts of a thirteen-year-old female to gratify his sexual desire. We conclude it is not.

*440I.

The indictment returned by the Grand Jury charged the defendant with two counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. Count II accused him of “intentionally [having] sexual contact [with his thirteen-year-old adopted daughter] by rubbing her breasts, thereby committing the offense of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. McBoyle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. RichieHawaii Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State v. AluliHawaii Supreme Court · 1995
  3. State v. VallesterosHawaii Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. ReisHawaii Supreme Court · 2007
  5. State v. BautistaHawaii Supreme Court · 1997

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