State v. Mitsuda

MOON, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial, defendant-appellant Scott Yoshio Mitsuda was convicted of Burglary in the First Degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 708-810(l)(c) (1993) (Count I)1 and Robbery in the First Degree, in violation of HRS § 708-840(l)(b)(ii) (1993)2 (Count II). Mitsuda was subsequently sentenced to a ten-year term of imprisonment for Count I and a twenty-year term of imprisonment for Count II, with a mandatory minimum term of six years, eight months pursuant to HRS § 706-606.5 (1993) (“Sentencing of repeat offenders.”).

On appeal, Mitsuda argues that:…