State v. Paaluhi

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, J.

Plaintiff-Appellant State of Hawaii (State) appeals the judgment sentencing Defendant-Appellee Earl Leilani Paaluhi (Paaluhi) to a $300 fine for three counts of driving withoutno-fault insurance pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 294-8 and 294-39. Paaluhi had com mitted the offenses at different times but was convicted plus sentenced for all three violations on the same day. State contends that 1) Paaluhi was a multiple offender; so 2) the trial court erred by not imposing the more severe, mandatory multiple offender penalties. We agree, therefore…