Opinion ID: 1396355
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Heading: The Quashing of the Indictment

Text: The State relies for its proposition that the circuit court abused its discretion in quashing the indictment against the appellees solely upon its contentions 1) that the appellees had failed affirmatively to demonstrate actual prejudice, and 2) that the circuit court had improperly passed upon the credibility of the witness, Cole Kekahuna. As to the first contention, it is sufficient for the appellees to demonstrate that the prosecutors' conduct tended to prejudice them before the grand jury. We have already rejected the State's second contention, inasmuch as the object of the court's inquiry was the conduct of the prosecution, rather than the credibility of the witness. Where a defendant's substantial constitutional right to a fair and impartial grand jury proceeding is prejudiced, a quashing of the indictment emanating therefrom is an appropriate remedy. State v. Good, supra . Affirmed. [4]