Legal Opinion
State v. Israel
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 1995No. 16803PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEIN, Justice.
The State appeals from a circuit court order dismissing one count of a multi-count complaint against defendant-appellee Lorrin Israel. The dismissed count charged Israel with knowingly possessing or intentionally using or threatening to use a firearm while engaged in the commission of a felony in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 134-6(a) (Supp.1992), 1 and was dismissed for failing to specify which felony Israel was allegedly committed at the time he possessed, used, or threatened to use a firearm. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On June 9, 1992, Israel was arrested on…
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