STATE v. PARK

No. 4615.

50 Haw. 275 (1968)

439 P.2d 212

STATE OF HAWAII v. YVONNE PUANANI PARK.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Desha, II for defendant-appellant.

Harold Fong and Victor Agmata, Jr., Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys (John H. Peters, Prosecuting Attorney with them on the brief) for plaintiff-appellee.

RICHARDSON, C.J., MIZUHA, MARUMOTO, ABE AND LEVINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY MIZUHA, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of a charge of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug. The sole question for decision in this case is whether the search of defendant-appellant's handbag in which marijuana cigarettes were discovered was incidental to a lawful arrest.

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