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- Title: State V. Reed
- Author : Hawaii Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 29, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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On January 11, 1990, plaintiff-appellee State of Hawaii (the prosecution) filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, charging defendant-appellant Isaiah Reed with two counts of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1242(1)(c) (Supp. 1992)*fn1 (counts 4 and 5); one count of promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, in violation of HRS § 712-1241(1)(b)(ii)(A) (Supp. 1992)*fn2 (count 6); and two counts of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, in violation of HRS § 1243 (1985)*fn3 (counts 7 and 8). The charges stemmed from several drug deals that Reed made with an undercover officer of the Honolulu Police Department in December 1989. At trial, Reed's main defense was entrapment. On March 12, 1992, a jury convicted Reed of all counts. On appeal, Reed claims that the trial court committed reversible error by: (1) denying his motion for a bill of particulars requiring the prosecution to detail the charges against him; (2) erroneously instructing the jury on the burden of proof on his entrapment defense; (3) denying his motion for judgment of acquittal, in which he essentially argued that he had established entrapment as a matter of law; and (4) denying his motion for new trial, in which he claimed that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance. Reed also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict finding him guilty of count 6, promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, and that his constitutional right to equal protection of law was violated because he was the victim of a discriminatory prosecution. For the following reasons, we affirm Reed's conviction on all counts.