State v. Onishi

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

This is an appeal by Edward Onishi, the defendant in Criminal No. 41301 of the first circuit court, convicting him of unauthorized possession of a deadly weapon in violation of HRS § 727-25.

The sole question for decision on this appeal is whether the circuit court properly denied Onishi’s motion for suppression of evidence. The evidence sought to be suppressed was a pistol which Onishi asserts was seized in violation of his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

The record shows the following facts regarding the seizure of the…