In the Interest of Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ACOBA, J.

While the Defendant Minor (hereinafter Defendant) was changing a tire on his truck, he was arrested by the police for a curfew violation. The police subsequently seized a wooden implement from his truck and charged *405Defendant with carrying a “billy” in a vehicle, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 134-51 (Supp. 1991).1 Defendant appealed from the family court’s February 10, 1992 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order denying Defendant’s motion to suppress the seizure of the implement and Defendant’s motion to reconsider which had attacked…