HRS §635-52
What lawyers can say to the jury after evidence
After all evidence is presented, each side can talk to the jury about the facts and the law. They can suggest how much money should be awarded in injury or death cases, but they cannot tell the jury what the law is. The judge gives the jury the law.
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The statute, as written — Scope of argument
[(a)] At the close of the evidence (unless the court directs a verdict, or orders entry of a judgment of acquittal), the respective parties, or their counsel, shall be entitled to sum up the facts to the jury. In their addresses to the jury they shall be allowed ample scope and latitude for argument upon, and illustration of[,] any and all facts involved in the cause, and the evidence tending to either prove or disprove the same. They shall not be forbidden to argue the law of the case to the jury, but they shall not assume to instruct the jury upon the law, in such manner as to encroach upon the function of the court to so instruct the jury. [(b)] In all actions for damages for personal injuries or death the parties or their counsel shall be entitled to argue the extent of damages claimed or disputed in terms of suggested formulas for the computation of damages or by way of other illustration, and shall be entitled to state in argument the amount of damages the party believes appropriate.
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