Case Name: STATE OF HAWAII, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALEXANDER NISKROMONI, JR., Defendant-Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii
Jurisdiction: Hawaii
Decision Date: 1971-08-27
Citations: 53 Haw. 122
Docket Number: No. 5017
Parties: STATE OF HAWAII, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALEXANDER NISKROMONI, JR., Defendant-Appellant
Judges: RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON AND KOBAYASHI, JJ.
Reporter: Hawaii Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 122–122

Head Matter:
STATE OF HAWAII, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALEXANDER NISKROMONI, JR., Defendant-Appellant
No. 5017
August 27, 1971
RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON AND KOBAYASHI, JJ.
James Blanchfield, Deputy Public Defender (Brook Hart, Public Defender, and James G. Jung, Deputy Public Defender, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.
Patricia K. Park, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (Barry Chung, Prosecuting Attorney, with her on the brief), for plaintif f-appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant was convicted of first degree murder after a jury trial in the first circuit court. On this appeal, he urges that the circuit court erred in giving to the jury over his counsel's objection, an instruction on malice aforethought which repeated the language of HRS § 748-3. The point raised by defendant is well taken. State v. Cuevas, 53 Haw. 110, 488 P. 2d 322 (1971). The judgment appealed from is reversed.