UNITED STATES v. KIM

Cr. Nos. 75-0154, 75-0155 and 76-0005.

415 F.Supp. 1252 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Earl K. H. KIM, Sr., also known as "the Old Man" and "E. K.", et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Charles A. WONG, also known as "C. W.", et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Earl K. H. KIM, Sr., also known as "the Old Man" and "E. K.", et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

June 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard T. Chang, Asst. U.S. Atty., Harold M. Fong, U.S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, Michael L. Sterrett, Sp. Atty., San Francisco Strike Force, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

David C. Schutter, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Earl K. H. Kim, Sr. and Charles A. Wong.

Ernest Y. Yamane, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Sam Kobayashi, Thomas K. Arai, Michael H. Tanaka.

Wayne W. S. Luke, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Peter J. Kim, Jr.

John S. Edmunds, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Charles A. Wong, Robert R. Martinez.

Michael T. I. Kim, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Ernest Nakamura, Joseph H. Kawamoto, Eugene Yamamoto.

Rogers M. Ikenaga, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Marcello Molina, Patrick Sambueno.

Richard Turbin, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Lawrence S. Motoda.

Steven E. Kroll, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Wallace S. Furukawa.

Felix A. Maciszewski, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Patrick Nagao.

Milton M. Motooka, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Melvyn Wise.

Joseph A. Ryan, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Clinton K. Burns.

Edward R. Lebb, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Dennis H. Higa.

James Kawashima, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Randall W. Y. Ng.

Jason F. Oliver, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Kenneth K. Komoto.

Wilfred H. C. Youth, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Nancy Yamada.

Lester L. Peetz, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Isamu Toguchi.

Thomas Bowers, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Joseph Barrozo, Jr.

Matthew S. K. Pyun, Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Thomas T. Nishigaya.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SUPPRESSING CERTAIN EVIDENCE

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

As part of their investigation into suspected gambling activities, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used an 800 millimeter telescope with a 60 millimeter opening to observe activities in defendant Peter Kim's apartment and on his balcony. The building from which the surveillance was conducted was approximately a quarter of a mile from Kim's building; there were...

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