STATE v. LEONG

No. 4820.

465 P.2d 560 (1970)

STATE of Hawaii v. Emmett Chong Sing LEONG.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Silva, Jr., Honolulu (Ernest Y. Yamane, Honolulu, on the brief; Bicoy & Yamane, Honolulu, of counsel), for appellant.

Stanley Kanetake, Deputy Pros. Atty. (Barry Chung, Pros. Atty., and Dennis A. Ing, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE, and LEVINSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge OGATA in place of KOBAYASHI, J., disqualified.


ABE, Justice.

On July 26, 1968, two police officers saw defendant Emmett Leong get into a car driven by Eugene Kim and when the car stopped at an intersection, the police immediately pulled up behind to arrest defendant under warrants of arrest. As one of the officers alighted from the police car, he saw defendant move his right hand, then saw an object fall through the window on the side where defendant was sitting. Defendant was arrested.

The object, when...

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