[PARTIII.Ā  DANGEROUS WEAPONS]

 

Ā§134-51Ā  Deadly weapons; prohibitions;penalty.Ā  (a)Ā  Any person, not authorized by law, who carries concealedupon the person's self or within any vehicle used or occupied by the person orwho is found armed with any dirk, dagger, blackjack, slug shot, billy, metalknuckles, pistol, or other deadly or dangerous weapon shall be guilty of amisdemeanor and may be immediately arrested without warrant by any sheriff,police officer, or other officer or person.Ā  Any weapon, above enumerated, uponconviction of the one carrying or possessing it under this section, shall besummarily destroyed by the chief of police or sheriff.

(b)Ā  Whoever knowingly possesses orintentionally uses or threatens to use a deadly or dangerous weapon whileengaged in the commission of a crime shall be guilty of a class C felony. [L1937, c 123, Ā§1; RL 1945, Ā§11114; RL 1955, Ā§267-25; HRS Ā§727-25; ren L 1972, c9, pt of Ā§1; am L 1977, c 191, Ā§2; am L 1983, c 267, Ā§1; gen ch 1985; am L1989, c 211, Ā§10; am L 1990, c 195, Ā§3 and c 281, Ā§11; am L 1992, c 87, Ā§4; amL 1993, c 226, Ā§1; am L 1999, c 285, Ā§2]

 

Cross References

 

Ā  Sheriff, etc., seeĀ§26-14.6.

 

Rules of Court

 

Ā  Arrest withoutwarrant, see HRPP rule 5(a).

 

Case Notes

 

Ā  Probable cause forviolation of section when police officer saw gun in vehicle stopped forspeeding.Ā  430 F.2d 58.

Ā  License to carryweapon as justification.Ā  10 H. 585.

Ā  Weapons discovered inautomobile lawfully stopped for traffic offense; legality of search and seizureconsidered.Ā  50 H. 461, 443 P.2d 149.

Ā  Mentioned inconnection with arrest without warrant after seeing pistol in automobile.Ā  52H. 497, 479 P.2d 800.

Ā  "Other deadly ordangerous weapon" is limited to instruments whose sole design and purposeis to inflict bodily injury or death.Ā  55 H. 531, 523 P.2d 299.

Ā  A "diver'sknife" is neither a "dangerous weapon" nor a"dagger".Ā  "Deadly and dangerous weapon" is one designedprimarily as a weapon or diverted from normal use and prepared for combat.Ā  56H. 374, 537 P.2d 14.

Ā  Cane, butterfly andkitchen knives are not deadly or dangerous weapons.Ā  56 H. 642, 547 P.2d 587.Ā Sheathed sword-cane and wooden knuckles with shark's teeth were "deadly ordangerous weapons".Ā  58 H. 514, 572 P.2d 1222.

Ā  Statute does notrequire that weapons be "concealed" within the vehicle.Ā  58 H. 514,572 P.2d 1222.

Ā  Vehicle stop beingproper, seizure of weapons in plain view was authorized.Ā  58 H. 514, 572 P.2d1222.

Ā  Shotgun is a deadlyor dangerous weapon.Ā  61 H. 135, 597 P.2d 210.

Ā  A .22 caliber rifleis a "deadly or dangerous weapon."Ā  63 H. 147, 621 P.2d 384.

Ā  Nunchaku sticks arenot per se deadly or dangerous weapons.Ā  64 H. 485, 643 P.2d 546.

Ā  The crime underlyinga subsection (b) offense is, as a matter of law, an included offense of thesubsection (b) offense, within the meaning of Ā§701-109(4)(a), and defendantshould not have been convicted of both the subsection (b) offense and theunderlying second degree murder offense; thus, defendantā€™s conviction of thesubsection (b) offense reversed.Ā  88 H. 407, 967 P.2d 239.

Ā  "Billy" asused in this section refers to "policemanā€™s club" or"truncheon"; a club-like implement designed for purpose of strikingor killing fish is not a "billy"; section extends only to weaponsdeadly or dangerous to people.Ā  10 H. App. 404, 876 P.2d 1348.

Ā  Cited:Ā  10 H. App.584, 880 P.2d 213.