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STATE v. MATSUNAGA

No. 17173.

920 P.2d 376 (1996)

82 Hawai`i 162

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne MATSUNAGA, Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

Certiorari Denied July 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caroline M. Mee, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Dept. of Prosecuting Atty., City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Isaac K. Smith, on the brief, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and WATANABE and KIRIMITSU, JJ.

WATANABE, Judge.

This appeal concerns the adequacy of a search warrant description of the place to be searched. The circuit court held that the warrant did not authorize police to search the room where evidence incriminating to Defendant-Appellee Wayne Matsunaga (Defendant) was found and, accordingly, suppressed the evidence. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Pursuant to an indictment returned on December 12, 1991, Defendant was charged with committing four...

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