STATE v. PEREZ

No. 27548.

141 P.3d 1039 (2006)

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alvin Kalaokoa PEREZ, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason M. Skier, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellant.

James S. Tabe, Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs, for defendant-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by DUFFY, J.

Plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai`i [hereinafter, the prosecution] appeals from the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit's September 30, 2005 order granting defendant-appellee Alvin Kalaokoa Perez's motion to suppress evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia found in his coin purse after he was arrested for shoplifting, given a pat-down search, detained for two hours, and then had his coin purse searched pursuant to a search warrant...

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