Updated at 4:29 p.m., Friday, February 2, 2007
Judge orders evidence withheld in Tantalus slayings
By Ken Kobayashi
Advertiser Courts Writer
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Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario ruled that the search warrant used by police was not specific enough and constituted a "general warrant," which is prohibited by the state Constitution.
Police seized boxes of materials including writings, videos, books, CDs, photographs and other personal property from Mau-Goffredo's 10th Avenue home, Mau-Goffredo's lawyer Brook Hart said.
The ruling means the prosecution cannot use the evidence as part of Mau-Goffredo's trial on first-degree murder and other charges in the killings of three people and the subsequent robbery of a nearby home the night of July 6 last year.
Mau-Goffredo, who has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, is expected to raise the insanity defense. He remains in custody at Halawa prison.
No trial date has been set yet.
Reach Ken Kobayashi at kkobayashi@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8030.
