[DOWNLOAD] "State V. Agrabante" by Hawaii Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Agrabante
- Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 13, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Defendant-appellant Louis Agrabante (defendant) appeals from his conviction for promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, a violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1241(1)(a)(i) (1985). Defendant was arrested and charged after he purchased cocaine from an undercover police officer in a "reverse buy" operation. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the charge against him based on alleged outrageous police conduct that violated his due process rights; (2) the reverse buy was entrapment per se; (3) the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of entrapment; (4) the court erred in refusing to redact portions of a taperecorded telephone conversation and a videotape which allegedly referred to defendant's preDisposition and propensity to purchase drugs; and (5) he was deprived of a fair trial because of the prosecutor's misconduct in referring to matters regarding undercover investigations and drug dealing.