Legal Opinion
Bates v. Hawkins
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1970No. 5084PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
MARUMOTO, J.
Petitioners, Jesse James Bates and William Kalani Medeiros, Jr., are under indictment for first degree murder in Criminal No. 41618 of the first circuit court.
In the circuit court, petitioners moved for release on bail under HRS § 709-3, which mandates such release, except for offenses punishable by imprisonment for life not subject to parole “when proof is evident or the presumption great.”
The court denied the motion at a hearing confined to presentation of argument. It took no evidence of facts relevant to the motion in the presence of petitioners or their…
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