Legal Opinion

State v. Opupele

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1998No. 21230PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Dana Michael Alika Opupele appeals his judgment of conviction of one count of promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree and one count of prohibited acts related to drug paraphernalia. On appeal, Opupele claims that the circuit court erred by: (1) denying his motion to suppress evidence discovered as a result of the execution of an invalid anticipatory search warrant; (2) concluding that the prosecution did not waive the confidential informer privilege; (3) concluding that the execution of the search warrant by the police did not violate the “knock…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. State v. ArceoHawaii Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. ToyomuraHawaii Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State v. FoxHawaii Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Moreau v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  3. State v. StaleyHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. HironakaHawaii Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. VanmanivongWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003

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