STATE v. KANDA

No. 6880.

620 P.2d 1072 (1980)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruth KANDA, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5055 & 4933), Masato Bentosino, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5056 & 4934), David Waki, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5057 & 4935), David Kim, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5058 & 4936), Yoshio Tanaka, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5059 & 4937), Kazuyoshio Yamanishi, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5060 & 4938), and Gordon Nagata, Defendant-Appellant (Cr. Nos. 5061 & 4939).

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Schutter and Randall Y.K. Char, Honolulu (Schutter, O'Brien & Weinberg, Honolulu, of counsel), for Kanda, Bentosino, Tanaka & Nagata, defendants-appellants.

John T. Vail, Wailuku, Maui, for Waki, Kim & Yamanishi, defendants-appellants.

James Takayesu, Deputy Prosecutor, County of Maui, and Boyd P. Mossman, Pros. Atty., Dept. of the Public Prosecutor, County of Maui, for State of Hawaii, plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and LUM, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


OGATA, Justice.

On September 1, 1977, the herein named seven defendants-appellants, Ruth Kanda, Masato Bentosino, David Waki, David Kim, Yoshio Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Yamanishi and Gordon Nagata (hereinafter appellants), were indicted by the Maui County Grand Jury and each was charged with the offense of possession of gambling records in the first degree in violation of HRS § 712-1224(1).1 The indictment returned against appellant Kazuyoshi...

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