STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 18277.

904 P.2d 886 (1995)

80 Hawai`i 1

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martin B. RICHARDSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Simonds, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, on the briefs, Wailuku, Maui, for plaintiff-appellant.

Tom Griswold, on the briefs, Wailuku, Maui, for defendant-appellee.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


KLEIN, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai`i (the prosecution) appeals from a circuit court order granting defendant-appellee Martin Richardson's motion to suppress evidence. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the circuit court's order and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In January 1994, Maui Police Department (MPD) Officer George Kronoski was contacted by a confidential informant (CI) and told that a man named...

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