State v. Maugaotega

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

On February 20, 2007, on petition for a writ of certiorari, the United States Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this court in State v. Maugaotega, 107 Hawai'i 399, 114 P.3d 905 (2005) (Maugaotega I), in which this court affirmed the defendant-appellant Miti Maugaotega, Jr.’s extended terms of imprisonment, and ordered that we reconsider Maugaotega’s appeal in light of Cunningham v. California, 549 U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 856, 166 L.Ed.2d 856 (2007). Maugaotega v. Hawai'i, 549 U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 1210, 167 L.Ed.2d 37 (2007).

*434For the reasons discussed infra, we…