Title: State v. Yamada

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

NO. 22456 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I STATE OF HAWAI#I, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. TETSUYA YAMADA, Defendant-Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT (CR. NO. 96-380) ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, and Nakayama, JJ.; and Ramil, J., dissenting; and Acoba, J., dissenting) The motion for reconsideration filed on November 25, 2002 by the plaintiff-appellee State of Hawai#i requesting that this court review its published opinion, filed on November 13, 2002, is hereby denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 19, 2002. Justice Ramil, having dissented from the majority opinion, would grant the motion for reconsideration in its entirety. 2 Dissenting Opinion by Acoba, J. In line with my concurring opinion, I believe Instruction No. 1 was erroneous and, therefore, would vacate the judgment and remand on that basis. Inasmuch as a proper rendition of the instructions by the trial court may make unnecessary any decision on whether multiple manslaughter convictions are permissible in a prosecution for first degree murder, I do not and would not reach that question. Kevin S. Hashizaki, deputy prosecuting attorney, for the plaintiff-appellee State of Hawai#i, on the motion