ALM v. ELEVEN PRODUCTS DIRECT SWEEPSTAKES

(CAAP-15-0000848; S.P. No. 14-1-0567) SCWC-15-0000848.

501 P.3d 298 (2021)

Steven S. ALM, in his official capacity as the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, on behalf of the State of Hawai`i, Respondent/Petitioner-Appellant, v. ELEVEN (11) PRODUCTS DIRECT SWEEPSTAKES MACHINES (Total Estimated Value: $38,500.00), Four Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($457.00); One (1) Cam Security Digital Recording System (Estimated Value: $200.00) (Total Aggregate Value: $39,157.00), Respondent/Defendant-Appellee, and PJY Enterprises, LLC, Petitioner/Claimant-Appellee, and Winner'z Zone; April Whiting-Haraguchi, Tracy Yoshimura, and Wendy Wagner, Respondents/Interested Persons-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith M. Kiuchi , Honolulu, for petitioner/claimant-appellee.

Kurt Y. Nakamatsu , for respondent/plaintiff-appellant.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, AND WILSON, JJ.


This case addresses whether the Honolulu Police Department's ("HPD") seizure of seventy-seven Product Direct Sweepstakes ("PDS") machines and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney's subsequent petition for administrative forfeiture comported with Hawai`i's civil forfeiture statute, Hawai`i Revised Statutes ("HRS...

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