Case Title: State v. Haili

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2005-05-24T00:00:00Z

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no. 26692
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'T

  
   
  

STATE OF HAWAT'T, Plaintiff-Appeliee, Ze B
vs. Spo ¢
DANNY H. HAILI, Defendant-Appeilant. E9jg Ft

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(cr. No. 96-1163)

(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy JJ.)

Defendant-appellant Danny Haili appeals from the
June 29, 2004 judgnent of the first circuit court, the
Honorable Karen Ahn presiding, convicting him of murder in the
4 Revised Statutes (HRS)

 

second degree in violation of Hawa:

§ 707-701.5(1) (1993) and sentencing him to an indeterminate term
of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole pursuant to

HRS § 706-656 (1993 & Supp, 2004), including a mandatory minimum
term of fifteen years’ imprisonment pursuant to HRS § 706~
660.1(2) (a) (1993).

upon carefully reviewing the record and the briefs
submitted by the parties, and having given due consideration to
the arguments advocated and the issues raised, we affirm the
circuit court's June 29, 2004 Judgment. Specifically, we hold as
follows: (1) the prosecution’s rebuttal argument did not

misstate the law on the defense of extreme mental or emotional

disturbance. See HRS § 707-702 (1993 & Supp. 2004); State v
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Kaiama, @1 Hawai'i 15, 25-26, 911 P.2d 735, 745-46 (1996);
(2) the prosecution's rebuttal argument, in which the prosecution
argued that Haili wes asking for a “break,” vas not plainly
erroneous. See State v. Ganal, €1 Hawai'i 358, 375-76, 917 P.24
370, 387-86 (1996); and (3) assuming aruendo that the
prosecution's personal coments as to the evidence and defense
counsel were improper, the comments were harmless beyond &
reasonable doubt. See State vs Pacheco, 96 Haval'l 63, 93, 26
p.3d $72, $82 (2001). ‘therefore,
In 1S HERESY ORDERED that the circuit court's June 23,
2004 judgnent of conviction and sentence is affirmed.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 24, 2005.
on the briefs:
Samuel P. King, Je. Gar
for defendant appellant
Setoy Be galt .
Mark Yuen, Pein
for plaineifi-appelioe Rrceetne Oradea gree

State of Hawai'l

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