State v. Rapoza

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

We granted the defendant-appellant-petitioner Wayne Rapoza’s application for a writ of certiorari in order to review the memorandum opinion of the Intermediate Corat of Appeals (ICA) in State v. Rapoza, No. 22382 (Haw.Ct.App. Mar. 7, 2001) [hereinafter, the “ICA’s opinion”]. The ICA’s opinion affirmed in part and vacated in part the first circuit court’s judgment of conviction of and sentence for two firearm offenses (two counts) and the offenses of attempted assault in the first degree (two counts), in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 705-500…