STATE v. OKUBO

No. 8286.

682 P.2d 79 (1984)

STATE of Hawaii, Respondent-Appellant, v. Roy OKUBO and George Yamamoto, Petitioners-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary T. Hayashi, Honolulu (James E.T. Koshiba, Honolulu, with him for the writ and on the brief, Koshiba & Young, Honolulu), for petitioners/appellees.

Thomas Pico, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu (Edward H. Kubo, Jr., Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, on the brief), for respondent/appellant.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


LUM, Chief Justice.

We granted writ of certiorari to review the appeal of Roy Okubo and George Yamamoto from the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) reversing the circuit court's suppression of taped conversations which were to be used as evidence against them on charges of bribing two police officers. We affirm the ICA's decision.

Okubo and Yamamoto were indicted in January of 1981 for bribing two policemen in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases