State v. Kealoha

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

These consolidated interlocutory appeals from orders of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit denying, in part, defendants-appellánts’ motions to suppress evidence raise novel questions related to a constitutional mandate that search warrants particularly describe “things to be seized. ”

Defendant-appellant Joney Pua (hereafter “Pua”) was indicted for promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree, in violation of HRS § 712-1247. Defendant-appellant Gabriel Luka Kealoha (hereafter “Kealoha”) was also indicted for promoting a detrimental drug in the first…