State v. Mara

CONCURRING OPINION BY

LEVINSON, J.

I agree with the judgment of the majority that Mara’s conviction and sentence should be affirmed in this matter. I also generally agree with the majority’s analysis, in particular, its view that the trial court’s jury selection procedures did not violate any of Mara’s constitutional or statutory rights.

Because, however, I was the trial judge whose use of the “struck jury” method of jury selection was at issue in State v. Echineque, 73 Haw. 100, 828 P.2d 276, reconsideration denied, 73 Haw. 625, 832 P.2d 1129 (1992), which the majority analyzes at 27-28 of its…