State v. Shiroma

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, C.J.

Defendant Brian S. Shiroma (Shiroma) was charged with (1) Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-716(1)(d); (2) Sexual Assault in the Third Degree, HRS § 707-732(1)(e); and (3) Kidnapping, HRS § 707-720(1 )(d). All three charges allegedly involved the same female victim (the Woman). The jury found Shiroma guilty of the lesser-included offenses of Terroristic Threatening in the Second Degree, HRS § 707-717 (1985), and Unlawful Imprisonment in the Second Degree, HRS § 707-722 (1985), but not guilty of Sexual Assault in…