State Supreme Court / Haw.

State v. Samonte

Decided November 26, 1996. Paula A. Nakayama wrote the opinion for the court.

928 P.2d 1 · Cited 72 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Precedents cited (25) ↓Cited by (25) ↓

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Keawe v. State · 901 P.2d 481
Jack Endo Electric, Inc. v. Lear Siegler, Inc. · 585 P.2d 1265
State v. Furutani · 873 P.2d 51
State v. Stone · 594 P.2d 558
State v. Montalbo · 828 P.2d 1274
Perry v. Planning Commission of the County of Hawaii · 619 P.2d 95
State v. Holbron · 904 P.2d 912
State v. Mabuti · 807 P.2d 1264
State v. Echineque · 828 P.2d 276
State v. Feliciano · 618 P.2d 306
State v. Senteno · 742 P.2d 369
State v. Buffalo · 674 P.2d 1014
State v. Merino · 915 P.2d 672
Kealoha v. County of Hawaii · 844 P.2d 670
Sato v. Tawata · 897 P.2d 941
State v. Hutch · 861 P.2d 11
State v. Miller · 671 P.2d 1037
State v. Keliiholokai · 569 P.2d 891
In Re the Tax Appeal of Fasi · 634 P.2d 98
Wisdom v. Board of Supervisors · 19 N.W.2d 602
State v. Himuro · 761 P.2d 1148
Miller v. State · 232 P.2d 651
State v. Biscoe · 537 P.2d 968
State v. Brantley · 249 S.E.2d 365
State v. Tagaro · 757 P.2d 1175

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Tabieros v. Clark Equipment Co. · 944 P.2d 1279
State v. Choy Foo. · 142 Haw. 65
Nihi Lewa, Inc. v. Department of Budget & Fiscal Services · 80 P.3d 984
State v. Bailey · 126 Haw. 383
State v. Ross · 2007 UT 89
State v. Fukusaku · 946 P.2d 32
State v. Vliet · 19 P.3d 42
State v. Pauline · 60 P.3d 306
State v. Rapozo · 235 P.3d 325
State v. Ivy · 188 S.W.3d 132
State v. Medeiros · 973 P.2d 736
Major v. State · 873 N.E.2d 1120
State v. Richie · 960 P.2d 1227
State v. Lee · 976 P.2d 444
State v. Yamada · 57 P.3d 467
State v. White · 990 P.2d 90
State v. Christian · 967 P.2d 239
State v. Diaz · 58 P.3d 1257
People v. Robles · 302 P.3d 269
State v. Vai Hapouli Lei · 21 P.3d 880
State v. Taylor. · 130 Haw. 196
State v. Chin. · 135 Haw. 437
State v. Visintin. · 143 Haw. 143
State v. Mark · 210 P.3d 22
State v. Baxley · 73 P.3d 668

Explore from here

Paula A. Nakayama’s Judicial Record · Haw. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).