State v. Ah Loo

Opinion of the Court by

BURNS, C.J.

Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 641-13(7) (1993) 1 Plaintiff-Appellant State of Hawaii (the State) appeals the April 14, 1999 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (FsOF, CsOL, and Order) entered by the District Court of the Fifth Circuit, granting the February 5, 1999 Motion to Suppress (M/S) filed by Defendant-Appellee Nathan Ah Loo (Ah Loo or the defendant). We affirm.

The M/S sought to suppress Ah Loo’s answers to questions asked by Police Detective Sherwin K. Perez (Detective Perez) before Detective Perez cited Ah Loo for committing…