State v. Amorin

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

The defendant-appellant, Ronald Gilbert Amorin, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury conviction for the unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, in violation of HRS § 708-836 (1976). Prior to trial, the defendant moved to suppress as evidence his inculpatory statement made without Miranda warnings in response to police questioning after his arrest. The trial judge denied his motion on the ground that the defendant’s incriminating statement was spontaneously and voluntarily made and therefore admissible notwithstanding the absence of the…