Legal Opinion

Territory of Hawaii v. Sabado

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1950No. 2725PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OE THE COURT BY

LE BARON, J.

On information, the defendant was charged and convicted by a jury of the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. At his trial he neither toot the stand nor presented any evidence in defense. He appealed by way of writ of error.

In the opening brief • the defendant by his counsel abandons four of his eight assignments of error and relies on the remaining four. The alleged errors thereof challenge the competency of two minors, aged eighteen and fourteen, respectively, to testify against the defendant, the admissibility of two confessions of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Republic of Hawaii v. Ah WongHawaii Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Territory v. SilvaHawaii Supreme Court · 1922

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. Hassard, Jr.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Territory v. MartinHawaii Supreme Court · 1951
  3. State v. GonsalvesHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. State v. PonterasHawaii Supreme Court · 1960
  5. State v. DamegHawaii Supreme Court · 1969

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