Opinion ID: 2629770
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Heading: Limitations On Cross-Examinations

Text: The law is settled that the scope of cross-examination at trial [is]... within the discretion of the trial court .... The trial court's exercise of its discretion to limit the scope of cross-examination will not be ruled as reversible error when it limits irrelevant and repetitious questions by counsel [and the limitation does] not result in any manifest prejudice to the defendant. State v. Okumura, 78 Hawai`i 383, 399, 894 P.2d 80, 96 (1995) (quoting State v. Young, 8 Haw.App. 145, 151, 795 P.2d 285, 290 (quoting State v. Faulkner, 1 Haw.App. 651, 654-55, 624 P.2d 940, 943-44 (1981)), cert. denied, 71 Haw. 669, 833 P.2d 901 (1990)) (some brackets and ellipses added and some in original).