STATE v. MADAMBA

No. 6981.

617 P.2d 76 (1980)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edwin MADAMBA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

September 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan R. Shirley, Honolulu, (Shirley & Jordan, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Glenn M. Miyajima, Deputy Pros. Atty., Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before OGATA, Acting C.J., MENOR, LUM, and NAKAMURA, JJ., and MARUMOTO, Retired Justice, in place of RICHARDSON, C.J., recused.


MENOR, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant who was convicted in the district court of violating the provisions of HRS § 134-6 (1976).1 He appeals from the judgment and sentence of the trial court. At issue is whether the trial court should have granted his motion to suppress as evidence a firearm which was recovered from his vehicle by the police.

At noon of May 6, 1977, Officers Dennis Kim and Dwight Lopez were having...

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