Opinion ID: 4540255
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Officer Agbayani’s testimony

Text: The State called Officer Agbayani, who also gave testimony substantively similar to his April 2, 2015 testimony at the hearing on Ikimaka’s motion to suppress, but also provided the 14  FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER  following testimony relevant to the issues we address on certiorari. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on October 13, 2014, Officer Agbayani arrived at the Kintaro’s Restaurant area in response to Numazawa’s 911 call. Officer Hsu, Ikimaka, and Henderson were at the Kintaro’s area when he arrived. The following exchange between Officer Agbayani and the DPA then took place: Q. Okay. And did you speak to [Ikimaka]? A. Yes. Q. And you asked [Ikimaka] if he wanted to talk to you about what had happened with the purse? A. Yes. Q. And he didn't want to talk to you? A. Yes. Q. And because he didn’t want to talk to you, you didn’t ask him any questions? A. No, I did not. Q. And after he initially told you that he didn’t want to talk to you -- THE COURT: Approach. (The following was heard at the bench.) THE COURT: I’m going strike all this line of questioning because he has the right to remain silent. It cannot be used against him. The circuit court then struck the DPA’s line of questioning and instructed the jury not to consider those questions. Officer Agbayani then stated that Ikimaka spontaneously said, “I have [Numazawa’s] bag in my truck. Can you just arrest me for theft and don’t take my truck?” Officer Hsu had, however, given him “specific instructions not to let anybody get into the truck.” 15  FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER  On cross-examination by Ikimaka, Officer Agbayani again referenced the fact that Ikimaka did not want to make a statement in the following exchange: Q. Okay. And when he was 15 to 20 feet away from you and said something to you, you were walking away from him or he was walking away from you or no? A. I was walking away from him, but this is –- he’s also approaching me. Because when I left him, I have to inform my beat partner that he wasn’t -- he doesn’t want to answer my questions. And then, you know -- I mean, I’m not saying that I have good peripheral views, but we always look –- for security reasons, we always like this, our head is always on swivel. I can see him, you know, kind of like coming towards me. Q. And that’s when he talked to you? A. When he said, yes, that statement, sir. (Emphasis added.)