Opinion ID: 4527904
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Heading: Doctor Dale Wren

Text: State’s witness Doctor Dale Wren (“Doctor Wren”) testified as follows. On January 2, 2013 at about 9:31 p.m., Doctor Wren treated Officer Gouveia at the Hilo Medical Center. Officer Gouveia had suffered a gunshot wound to his left thigh hip area, but Doctor Wren did not observe an exit wound. Using an X-ray scan taken of Officer Gouveia’s pelvis on January 2, 2013, Doctor Wren identified the bullet fragments to the jury. Doctor Wren explained that, while it was possible to perform surgery to remove the bullet fragments, such procedures frequently caused more damage than just leaving the fragments in. On cross-examination, Doctor Wren testified that, to his knowledge, Officer Gouveia did not require any surgeries at the hospital.