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Judge denies motion to dismiss murder charges against 3 Honolulu police officers Samie Solina © Provided by Honolulu KHNL Three officers charged in a teen's fatal shooting appeared in court Tuesday along with their attorneys. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A judge denied a motion Tuesday afternoon to throw out a case against three Honolulu police officers charged with murder in a teen’s fatal shooting. The ruling allowed the preliminary hearing in the case to move forward. Among the first witnesses called in the hearing was Honolulu’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Masahiko Kob...

Judge Allows Case Against HPD Officers In Sykap Shooting To Move Forward - Honolulu Civil Beat Judge Allows Case Against HPD Officers In Sykap Shooting To Move Forward Attorneys for the three officers argued that the case should be dismissed because a grand jury declined to indict them. Reading time: 4 minutes. A judge denied two motions in the criminal case against three Honolulu Police Department officers in the April shooting death of 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap, which set off a charged debate about violent police encounters and led to the rare indictments. Judge William Domingo denied th...

Honolulu Prosecutor: Sykap Case Is 'No Perry Mason Moment' - Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Prosecutor: Sykap Case Is ‘No Perry Mason Moment’ The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office says it’s on solid legal ground to bring charges against three HPD officers even though a grand jury refused to indict them. Reading time: 5 minutes. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office properly brought murder and attempted murder charges against three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Iremamber Sykap even without securing indictments from a grand jury, the office argued in court documents Thursday. Geoffr...