State v. Dias

*101OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

This is a search and seizure case involving a warrant-less search and the subsequent arrest of the defendant for the unlawful possession of narcotics. Pursuant to an informer’s tip that the defendant was selling narcotics at a certain location, Officer Borges of the Honolulu Police Department established surveillance of the suspected narcotics activity at the corner of North School Street and Old Palama Road in Honolulu. He stationed himself in a men’s rest room in a park approximately 150 to 200 yards from the intersection. The officer then conducted a…