State v. Vallesteros

RAMIL, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai'i (the prosecution) appeals from the First Circuit Court’s order granting Defendant-appellee Reynaldo Vallesteros’s (Vallesteros) Motion for Reconsideration of Order Denying Motion to Suppress Items of Evidence. On appeal, the prosecution contends the circuit court erred when it suppressed a handgun that police observed after they ordered Val-lesteros out of his car to arrest him for driving without a license (DWOL), a violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 286-102. 1 For the reasons discussed below, we vacate the suppression order,…