State v. Edwards

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that the police failed to make a reasonable effort to contact an attorney pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 803-9(2) (1993), as requested by Defendant-Appellant Jennifer Edwards (Defendant), when they did nothing more than call the attorney’s listed telephone number twice on two different occasions, although informed that the number was not in service. However, we hold that the violation of HRS § 803-9(2) under the circumstances of this case did not warrant suppression of Defendant’s subsequent statements. We hold, further, that Defendant…