STATE v. SHERLOCK

No. 12800

768 P.2d 1290 (1989)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerome A. SHERLOCK, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Van Name Esser, Deputy Pros. Atty. (Willard J. Peterson, with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter Wolff, (Anthony K. Bartholomew, with him on the brief of Hart & Wolff), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

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


WAKATSUKI, Justice.

In April, 1983 an unnamed informant told Officer Kaneta that he had previously purchased cocaine from Jerry Sherlock at Sherlock's residence at 3121 Pualei Circle, Apartment 32. Upon receiving this information, Kaneta arranged for the informant to conduct a controlled purchase of cocaine from Sherlock. The informant was searched prior to making the controlled purchase to ensure that he did not carry any contraband or any money other than the paper...

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