State v. Brighter

This is an appeal by the defendant who was convicted on two counts of attempted criminal coercion. Specifically, the first count charged, in pertinent part, that the defendant

On or about the 29th day of October, 1974, in Kona . . . did attempt to intentionally compel and induce Dorothy Darnell to engage in conduct from which she has a legal right to abstain, by instilling in the said Dorothy Darnell a fear that if the demand of. the said David H. Brighter to pay an alleged debt to David H. Brighter was not complied with by Dorothy Darnell, then David H. Brighter and a third person or persons…