July 6, 1992 Judgment convicting Timas.
FACTS In each of the transactions described below, undercover Honolulu Police Department Officer Elario Tehada (Officer Tehada) sought to purchase "two eightballs" of cocaine. An "eightball" is one-eighth of an ounce.
On April 3, 1991 Officer Tehada telephoned Timas and arranged a meeting to purchase drugs. Upon meeting Timas at Kapi`olani Park, Officer Tehada followed Timas' car to a parking lot (the Lot) on Hoawa Street and Kapi`olani Boulevard. Timas, Danielle Tucker (Tucker), Louise Nelson (Nelson), and a man identified as "Sonny" were in Timas' car. Officer Tehada gave $600 to Nelson, who proceeded to a phone booth. When Nelson returned, she removed a mailing envelope from underneath her T-shirt. From the envelope, which contained several Ziploc packets of cocaine, Nelson gave Officer Tehada two Ziploc packets.
Later that evening, Officer Tehada called Timas and arranged for another meeting the next day at the Lot. On April 4, 1991 Timas, Nelson, and "Sonny" arrived by taxi. Officer Tehada gave $600 to Nelson, who ran to Kapi`olani Boulevard and left in a car going in the `Ewa direction. When Nelson returned, they went to the Seaside Tower apartments (Seaside) in Waikīkī to split the drugs. In the lobby, Timas handed Officer Tehada a Ziploc packet containing cocaine.
During the early morning of April 10, 1991, Officer Tehada arranged with Timas to meet at the Handi Pantry on University Avenue and Date Street. In the Handi Pantry parking lot, Officer Tehada met Grant and Timas. Officer Tehada gave $600 to Grant, who then drove away. When Grant returned, he allowed Officer Tehada to inspect a "baggie-type cellophane packet" containing one ounce of cocaine. As instructed by Grant, Officer Tehada followed Grant back to Seaside. In Apartment 1102, Grant handed the baggie to Mori, who divided the cocaine on a scale. Mori weighed out one-fourth of an ounce and placed it into a paper bindle. Mori then gave the bindle to Officer Tehada. Mori testified that Officer Tehada scooped "some" cocaine from his bindle onto the mirror lying on the night stand. Officer Tehada denied doing so.
On April 19, 1991 Officer Tehada arranged with Timas for another transaction. Upon picking up Timas, Officer Tehada drove to the corner of Lewers Street and Kūhiō Avenue, Waikīkī. Mori arrived on a red moped. Timas told Mori that Officer Tehada wanted to buy one-fourth of an ounce of cocaine. After Officer Tehada parked the car, he and Timas went to Room 228 of the hotel located on that corner. Grant and Mori were in the room. Following a phone call, Mori told Officer Tehada that he needed to be driven to a place where he could pick up the drugs. Officer Tehada complied and drove Mori and Timas to Hunakai Street, Kāhala. Officer Tehada gave $600 to Mori, who went across the street. From across the street, a moped left and later returned. A little later, Mori returned to the car and handed Officer Tehada a manila envelope containing