Legal Opinion
Matter of Moe
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided October 8, 1980No. 6429PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
LUM, J.
We resolve a conflict of interpretations regarding Rule 6(e) of the Hawaii Rules of Criminal Procedure (1960), 1 which governs secrecy and disclosure of criminal grand jury proceedings, in a hearing involving the attorney general for the State of Hawaii and the prosecuting attorney for the City and County of Honolulu.
Following a grand jury investigation relative to the death of Fitisemanu Moe, the prosecuting attorney filed a motion in the circuit court requesting that a copy of the transcript of such grand jury investigation be made available to him. The court…
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