State v. Knight

Appellant Robert Rapp was convicted by the third circuit court in a bench trial for illegal possession of drugs under Section 7l2-1247(l)(e), HRS, and for a building code violation under Section 301(a) of the Uniform Building Code, County of Hawaii.

Before trial, the court denied appellant’s motion to suppress evidence. Appellant’s motion claimed that the police surveillance of his property both by the use of a helicopter and by the use of high-powered binoculars violated his constitutional expectation of privacy; therefore, the evidence seized by the police under the aegis of a search warrant…