State v. Dixon

MOON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant State of Hawaii (the prosecution) appeals from the circuit court’s July 5, 1995 findings of fact (FOF), conclusions of law (COL) and order granting defendant-appellee Henry A Dixon’s (Dixon), aka Henry Lee Flazer, motion to suppress evidence retrieved by the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) during the execution of a valid arrest warrant. The prosecution argues that the trial court erred, as a matter of law, when it concluded that the HPD officers’ entry into Dixon’s hotel room was illegal. The prosecution maintains that entry was lawful because: (1)…