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Code · Hawaii · Chapter 806

§806-33 Surplusage.

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§806-33 Surplusage. Any unnecessary allegation contained in an indictment may be rejected as surplusage. [L 1915, c 215, pt of §2; RL 1925, §4046; RL 1935, §5505; RL 1945, §10807; RL 1955, §258-17; HRS §711-33; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]
Rules of Court
Surplusage, see HRPP rule 7(e).
Case Notes
Giving a wrong name to the offense charged does not vitiate the charge, it being regarded as surplusage. 11 H. 143 (1897).
Cited: 36 H. 550, 552 (1943), aff'd 150 F.2d 545 (1945).
See 33 H. 686 (1936).
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