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- Title: State V. Cazar
- Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 05, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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On July 13, 1970, a jury returned a verdict in the circuit court finding Robert Edson Kahinu, the appellant herein, guilty of burglary in the first degree and assault with intent to rape.*fn1 During the course of the trial, the complainant testified that, as she was preparing for retirement sometime after midnight, January 5, 1970, the appellant broke into her apartment, pushed her to the floor, displayed a switchblade knife, forced her to engage in an act of sexual intercourse, and refused to leave until approximately 5:15 A.M., at which time the complainant succeeded in persuading him that she had to leave for work. There was no additional eyewitness testimony and a medical examination of the complainant was never conducted. The appellant raised the defense of general denial. Although he did not take the witness stand, his mother, Mrs. Genevieve Kahinu, testified that her daily journal indicated that the appellant had been at home when the crimes were alleged to have been committed. The appellant's half brother testified that he had observed an individual, in the vicinity of Waikiki, who closely resembled the appellant.