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STATE v. MATIAS

No. 4696.

451 P.2d 257 (1969)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis MATIAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 26, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Dwight, Jr., Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

John H. Peters, Pros. Atty. (Robert E. Teruya, Deputy Pros. Atty., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE and LEVINSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge WONG assigned by reason of vacancy.

RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

The question is whether a search and seizure, conducted with the consent of another, is a reasonable one within the spirit of meaning of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution1 and Article I, sec. 5 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.2

On the basis of description by victims of a robbery, the police investigated the nearby housing area looking for the...

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