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Title: State V. Lessary
Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
Release Date : January 10, 1994
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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James Easter Lessary was charged with committing the offenses of Abuse of a Family or Household Member (Abuse) in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 709-906 (Supp. 1992),*fn1 Unlawful Imprisonment in the First Degree (Unlawful Imprisonment) in violation of HRS § 707-721(1)(a) (1985),*fn2 and Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree (Terroristic Threatening) in violation of HRS § 707-716(1)(d) (Supp. 1992).*fn3 After Lessary was found guilty of the Abuse charge in family court, the circuit court dismissed the Unlawful Imprisonment and Terroristic Threatening charges on double jeopardy grounds. The State appeals pursuant to HRS § 641-13(1) (Supp. 1992) from the order dismissing the charges. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.