Legal Opinion

State v. Shabazz

Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Decided October 4, 2001No. 23590Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

BURNS, C.J.

Defendant-Appellant Habib Shabazz, also known as “Rahman” (Shabazz), appeals the *136June 13, 2000 Order of Resentencing, entered by Third Circuit Court Judge Riki May Amano, sentencing Shabazz to imprisonment “for a term of not more than TEN YEARS with credit for time served.” We affirm.

In this opinion, we discuss the issues presented when the following events occurred in the following sequence: (1) for his first offense (felony), Judge Amano deferred acceptance of Shabazz’s no contest plea for a period of three years subject to explicit conditions; (2) Shabazz…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. State v. MurphyHawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. ValeraHawaii Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Ture v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984

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