Attorney General, Aumua Ming Leung AWai, has confirmed that his Office is reviewing the outcome of the Leslie Kohlhase hearing, in relation to an incident that killed two young men at Vailoa, last year.
Asked by the Weekend Observer if his Office would appeal the decision by the Supreme Court, Aumua said they are looking into it.
“We are reviewing the case,” he said.
Pressed to elaborate, Aumua declined to comment further or speculate about what his Office is likely to do following the review.
He also did not give an indication about when the review would be completed.
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Three weeks ago after a three-week trial, four assessors found 19-year-old Kohlhase not guilty of two charges of manslaughter and two alternative charges of negligent driving causing death.
The crash at Vailoa last year, which led to the charges against her, caused the deaths of Jessie Risale, 22, of Vaimoso and Thesaurus Heather, 20, of Tufuiopa.
Kohlhase was represented by Lei’ataualesa Daryl Clarke and Unasa Leilani Tamati.
Precious Chang and Leone Su’a Mailo were the lawyers for the Attorney General’s Office.
The Chief Justice, his Honour Patu Tiava’asu’e Falefatu Sapolu, presided.
The prosecution claimed that Kohlhase drove the vehicle that crashed and killed the two young men. Further, they argued that it had been established quite clearly that the accused drove recklessly, endangering the lives of people in the car.
But Leiataualesa disagreed. He reiterated that Kohlhase did not drive the vehicle when it crashed.
In the end, the assessors agreed with Lei’ataualesa.
Chief Justice Patu then dismissed all the charges against the defendant.
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