State v. Bayaoa

OPINION OF THE COURT

BY RICHARDSON, C.J.

Appellant, a prison inmate, was convicted of promoting prison contraband on the basis of evidence obtained in a strip search. Appellant contends the search and subsequent seizure of the contraband violated his constitutional rights as guaran teed by the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, § 7 of the Hawaii Constitution. We do not agree, and thus affirm appellant’s conviction.

I

On December 14, 1979, appellant was an inmate in the Hawaii State Prison. At about 5:45 p.m., he was standing in front of one of the dorms on the…