Legal Opinion
State v. Hook
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1978No. 6032PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
KIDWELL, J.
Defendant-appellee was charged with promoting a detrimental drug, in violation of HRS § 712-1247(l)(e). His motion to suppress all evidence seized from his premises was granted by the trial court. The State appeals.
The trial court made no finding of the facts upon which the suppression order was based. The testimony was in conflict in some respects, but the essential facts are not in dispute. We conclude that the suppression order was correct as to a portion but erroneous as to the remainder of the seized evidence.
The State’s sole witness was a police…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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