STATE v. IKAIKA

No. 8713.

698 P.2d 281 (1985)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eldred IKAIKA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Florendo, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, Hilo (Gerald D. Lee Loy, Deputy Public Defender, Hilo, on the Opening Brief), for defendant-appellant.

Charlene Y. Iboshi, Deputy Pros. Atty., Hilo, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


LUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction of murder in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-701. Defendant-Appellant Eldred Ikaika contests the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress inculpatory statements made by him while he was in police custody. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

I.

Numerous issues are raised on appeal. We choose to discuss only the issue of whether Defendant...

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