State v. Scotland

Defendant-appellee, Robert Anthony Scotland (hereinafter appellee), was indicted by the Kauai Grand Jury for the offense of promoting a harmful drug in the first degree in violation of § 1244(1) (d) of the Hawaii Penal Code, as enacted by Act 9, Session Laws of Hawaii 1972. The trial court quashed the indictment upon appellee’s motion and the State appeals. We reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.

We have scrutinized the transcript of the testimony received by the grand jury as to a narcotics trafficking investigation leading to the incident constituting the offense mentioned in…