Legal Opinion
Ionatana Tamapua v. Edwin Shimoda and the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii, Respondents
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1986No. 85-2661PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We review the district court’s denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner. Because we find that the conviction in this unusual case is unsupported by the evidence, we reverse.
Facts
Ionatana Tamapua was indicted by a Hawaii grand jury on the charge of theft in the first degree. The indictment alleged that Tamapua “did obtain property, to wit, money and a chain, from the person of Dinasa Puaala, with intent to deprive the said Dinasa Puaala of the property, thereby committing the offense of Theft in the First Degree____” Tamapua…
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