Legal Opinion
State v. Ortiz
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided April 22, 1983No. 8636; CRIMINAL NO. 56185PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
BURNS, C.J.
Defendant-Appellee Larry James Ortiz (“Ortiz”) was indicted under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 134-7(b) for the possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony. Plaintiff-Appellant State of Hawaii (“State”) appeals from the granting of Ortiz’s motion to suppress evidence of the firearm and the dismissal of the case for lack of legal evidence. We reverse.
On August 12, 1981, at approximately 2:00 a.m., uniformed police officer Brad Bennett was driving in his private, police-subsidized automobile with the customary blue light attached to the roof of…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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