STATE v. KAPIKO

No. 21004.

967 P.2d 228 (1998)

88 Hawai`i 396

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry K. KAPIKO, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan K. Sano, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Keith S. Shigetomi for defendant-appellee, Honolulu, no answering brief filed.

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


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

This opinion addresses the issue of under what circumstances, in cases where a confidential informant (CI)1 provides information used by the police in an affidavit to support a finding of probable cause to issue a search warrant, the prosecution must reveal to the defendant information in the affidavit that would lead to the identification of the CI.

In this case, the...

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