State v. Pokini

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

The defendants-appellants Pokini and Moore were jointly tried and subsequently convicted and sentenced to thirty *641years in prison for their alleged parts in a robbery of the Oahu Sugar Company by several armed individuals on April 28, 1972. On appeal they raised a variety of substantial claims that their right to a fair trial was denied, and therefore that we must reverse their convictions and sentences.

A majority of this court agrees that reversal is necessary. Justice Ogata joins this opinion in its entirety. Justice Menor joins in part III of this opinion.…