Prosecutorial misconduct

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Court of Appeals ruled that a prosecutor misrepresented blood and witness evidence during closing arguments against a man accused of stabbing a teen girl unprovoked. The prosecutor conflated defendant with a person who was seen washing blood, though testimony did not establish these were the same person, and alluded to stains on defendant’s shirt as being blood, though this was not established. This amounts to prosecutorial misconduct and a new trial is ordered.