State v. Matsunaga

WATANABE, Judge.

This appeal concerns the adequacy of a search warrant description of the place to be searched. The circuit court held that the warrant did not authorize police to search the room where evidence incriminating to Defendant-Appellee Wayne Matsunaga (Defendant) was found and, accordingly, suppressed the evidence. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Pursuant to an indictment returned on December 12, 1991, Defendant was charged with committing four counts of Possession of Gambling Records in the First Degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1224(l)(a) (1993). 1 On April 3, 1992,…