Summary
In Territory v. Rituta, 39 Haw. 522 (1952), the court, without commenting on the jurisdictional aspect, reviewed an appeal taken by the prosecution from a dismissal of an indictment for murder in the first degree, ordered because defendant previously had been indicted for murder in the second degree for the same homicide and was awaiting trial thereon at the time of return of the indictment for murder in the first degree about nine months later.
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NO. 2875.
Argued April 24, 1952.
Decided June 13, 1952.
APPEAL FROM CIRCUIT COURT FIRST CIRCUIT, HON. JON WIIG, JUDGE.
TOWSE, C.J., LE BARON AND STAINBACK, JJ.
G.F. St. Sure, Assistant Public Prosecutor ( A.R. Hawkins, Public Prosecutor, with him on the briefs), for plaintiff in error.
O.P. Soares (also on the brief) for defendant in error.