“The defendant used fear, violence and intimidation to get what he wanted," Assistant U.S. Attorney William Akina said in his opening statement.
“What he wanted was money, control and revenge.”Miske's attorney, Michael Kennedy, painted a completely different picture of his client.
Miske even fumigated a Honolulu concert hall for free after the city couldn't afford the $200,000 estimate, Kennedy said.
His attorneys argued that a new jury should be selected because Miske's half-brother John Stancil pleaded guilty after a jury had been assembled and sworn and Miske’s daughter-in-law Delia Fabro Miske pleaded guilty after four days of jury selection.
Defense attorney Lynn Panagakos noted that Stancil pleaded guilty early Monday before the courthouse was even open to the public.
Persons:
Michael Miske Jr, William Akina, ”, Michael Kennedy, Kennedy, Akina, Miske, Johnathan Fraser, Miske's, Caleb, Fraser, “, John Stancil, Delia Fabro Miske, Lynn Panagakos, Stancil, Derrick Watson
Organizations:
—, Miske, Shell, ʻIolani, Polynesian Cultural, U.S, District
Locations:
HONOLULU, U.S, Honolulu, Pest, Hawaii