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STATE v. DORSON

No. 6256.

615 P.2d 740 (1980)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard Daniel DORSON and Carol Ann Dorson, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Christensen, Hilo, for Carol Ann Dorson defendant-appellant.

Wallace H. Gallup, Jr., Kailua-Kona, for Bernard Daniel Dorson, defendant-appellant.

Douglas H. Halsted, Deputy Prosecuting Atty., Hilo, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA and MENOR, JJ., MARUMOTO, Retired Justice, and CHANG, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancies.

MENOR, Justice.

The defendants were convicted of the offense of promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree, under HRS § 712-1247(1)(e).1 They appeal from the judgment and sentence of the trial court.

The determinative issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion to suppress marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia seized within their residence.

The defendants, Mr. and Mrs...

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