Legal Opinion
State v. Patterson
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1978No. 6076PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
MENOR, J.
The defendant Jay Baker Patterson was indicted for the offense of burglary in the first degree. His pretrial motion to suppress certain statements he had made to the police was granted by the trial court. From the order of suppression the State appeals.
Three police officers had responded, at approximately 3:00 a.m., to a report of a possible burglary in progress at a private residence in the Kona area. Officer George Pereira was the first to arrive at the scene followed by the other officers. He drove his vehicle up the driveway and parked directly behind a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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