STATE v. LO

No. 8741.

675 P.2d 754 (1983)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pershing S. LO, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Ross, Honolulu (Peter C. Hsieh, Honolulu, on reply brief), Deputy Pros. Attys. for plaintiff-appellant.

Wilfred H.C. Youth, Honolulu (Thomas J. Wong, Honolulu, with him on brief; Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before NAKAMURA, Acting C.J., PADGETT and WAKATSUKI, JJ., MOON, Circuit Judge, in place of LUM, C.J., recused, and SPENCER, Circuit Judge, in place of HAYASHI, J., recused.


NAKAMURA, Acting Chief Justice.

The State of Hawaii (the State) gathered evidence incriminating Dr. Pershing S. Lo (the defendant) by installing electronic viewing, amplifying, and recording devices in a hotel room to which he had been lured by a patient feigning, under the direction of law enforcement officers with whom she was cooperating, an urgent need for his medical attention. The Circuit Court of the First Circuit suppressed the evidence to

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