Legal Opinion
State v. Hanson
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 2001No. 22847PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
ACOBA, J.
We hold that when an airline passenger consents to a search of his or her effects at an airport security checkpoint, the scope of the search reasonably extends to those receptacles, the contents of which cannot be identified, contained in luggage. We thus affirm the May 14, 2001 decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) 1 reversing the August 26, 1999 order of the district court of the first circuit (the court) suppressing, as evidence, a gun contained in a bag found in the luggage of Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee William Hanson (Petitioner). See…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Florida v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. WallaceHawaii Supreme Court · 1996
- United States v. Lee Skipwith, IIICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
34 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by35 opinions
- State v. FlippoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002
- State v. KikutaHawaii Supreme Court · 2011
- State v. TorresHawaii Supreme Court · 2011
- State v. Yong Shik WonHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2014
- State v. Navdeep S. BrarWisconsin Supreme Court · 2017
30 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.