State v. Tyrone Smith, Jr.

Yesterday, the Hawai'i Intermediate Court of Appeals issued its memorandum opinion in State v. Tyrone Smith, Jr., CAAP-12-0000583. In this case, I represented Mr. Smith on the briefs and also argued the case before the ICA on July 24, 2014. The ICA affirmed Mr. Smith's conviction, but did note that the police illegally seized Mr. Smith's bags from his room without his consent. In those bags were found a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes, the same brand the victim of the rape said were taken from her that night by her assailant. A copy of the decision can be found here: http://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/opin_ord/ica/2014/August/CAAP-12-0000583mop.pdf