State v. Mara

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

On March 11, 1999, following a jury trial presided over by the Honorable Dexter Del Rosario, defendant-appellant Dean Mara was convicted of: manslaughter, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-702(l)(a) (1993)1; reckless endangering in the first degree, in violation of HRS § 707-713 (1993)2; and place to keep firearm, in violation of HRS § 134-6(c) (Supp.1996).3 *3On appeal, Mara argues that his convictions should be reversed because the trial court erred by: (1) disqualifying fifty-one prospective jurors who admitted having knowledge about the…