Legal Opinion

State v. Cuevas

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided August 27, 1971No. 4982PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*111OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

Defendant was tried by a jury in the first circuit court upon an indictment charging him with the commission of first degree murder in violation of HRS § 748-1 for the killing of Sueo Yoshikawa with deliberate premeditated malice aforethought and without authority, justification, or extenuation by law.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the second degree. Under HRS § 748-2, second degree murder involves the element of malice aforethought but not the element of deliberate premeditation.

The court entered a judgment in accordance with the verdict, and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Christoffel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. State v. SantiagoHawaii Supreme Court · 1971
  4. State v. HankersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  5. State v. GarciaHawaii Supreme Court · 2001

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