State v. Von Geldern

OPINION BY THE COURT BY

MENOR, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a five-year mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment imposed by the circuit court pursuant to HRS § 706-606.5, which then provided in pertinent part that “any person convicted under section . . . 712-1242 relating to the promoting of a dangerous drug in the second degree,. . . who has a prior conviction for . . . [promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree]... in this or anotherjurisdiction, shall be sentenced for each conviction after the first conviction to a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment without…