Legal Opinion
State v. Bowe
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1994No. 16222PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAMIL, Justice.
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the coercive conduct of a private person is sufficient to render a confession inadmissible.
On September 17, 1991, Defendant-Appel-lee Troy Bowe (Defendant) was charged with Assault in the Second Degree in violation of *53Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-711 (Supp.1992). Defendant filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence arguing that his statement to the police was involuntary because it was the result of undue influence by Coach Riley Wallace (Wallace). In granting Defendant’s Motion to Suppress Evidence, the circuit court…
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