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State v. Mahone

Citations

  • 701 P.2d 171
  • 67 Haw. 644
  • 1985 Haw. LEXIS 94

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the consent of a third party cannot validate a warrantless search unless the third party possessed authority to consent”
  • finding that the defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when he disclaimed possessing or owning a bag containing drugs, which he left in a fellow defendant’s apartment
  • \One has no standing to complain of a search of property he [or she] has voluntarily abandoned.\ (Citation omitted.)
  • “One has no standing to complain of a search of property he [or she] has voluntarily abandoned.” (Citation omitted.)
  • “A third party cannot waive another’s constitutional right to privacy unless authorized to do so. Thus, the consent of a third party cannot validate a warrantless search unless the third party possessed authority to consent.”
  • verbal denial of ownership of bag vitiated reasonable expectation of privacy

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Judges: Lum, C.J., and Nakamura, Padgett, Hayashi and Wakatsuki

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