State v. Decano

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Defendants-appellees, Thomas Decano, Jr., Herbert Naone, Jr. and Dennis Naone, were indicted by the Kauai Grand Jury for 25 counts of Robbery in the First Degree. Defendants filed a motion to quash the indictment claiming prejudicial misconduct of a government witness at the grand jury proceedings. In the same pleading, defendants moved to suppress certain evidence on the grounds that the affidavit supporting the search warrant which resulted in seizure of the evidence was insufficient £oj a showing of probable cause. Both motions were argued on…