State v. Kong.

Dissenting Opinion by

ACOBA, J.,

with whom McKENNA, J., joins.

I would hold,1 first, that pursuant to State v. Hussein, 122 Hawai'i 495, 229 P.3d 313 *109(2010), the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (the court) failed to provide adequate reasons on the record for sentencing Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Stanley S.L. Kong (Kong) to consecutive, rather than concurrent sentences, thus failing to “confirm for the defendant, the victim, the public, and the appellate court, that the decision to impose consecutive sentences was deliberate, rational and fair.” Hussein, 122 Hawai'i at 510, 229 P.3d at…