McMahon v. Office of City and County of Honolulu

Defendant McMahon petitions this court for: (1) an order compelling the presence of a court reporter at any grand jury session which might indict him, and (2) an order preventing the prosecution from presenting to the grand jury evidence which the District Court has already ruled was unconstitutionally seized.

JURISDICTION

We are faced with serious jurisdictional difficulty. Our state constitution provides that “[t]he several courts shall have original and appellate jurisdiction as provided by law.” Haw. Const. art. V, § 1; see also art. III, § 4, art. V, § 6. In this respect it is quite unlike…