State v. Curtis

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAMURA, C.J.

A FedEx employee opened a parcel he suspected contained illegal narcotics and discovered approximately eight pounds of marijuana. The FedEx employee notified law enforcement, and the parcel, which was addressed to a Kauai residence, was eventually turned over to the Kauai Police Department (KPD). A KPD officer applied for an anticipatory search warrant, which is “a warrant based upon an affidavit showing probable cause that at some future time (but not presently) certain evidence of crime will be located at a specified place.” United States v. Grubbs, 547…