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Deedy defense seeks end to trials

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Judge Paula Nakayama and Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald listened to Christopher Deedy’s defense lawyer Thomas Otake on Thursday. Deedy shot and killed Kollin Elderts, 23, during an altercation at a fast-food restaurant in 2011. The hearing was held to decide whether to try Deedy in the case for a third time.

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Kalama o ka Aina Nihieu of the organization Justice for Kollin Elderts talked to the press after the hearing before a panel of the Hawaii Supreme Court on Thursday in Honolulu.