State v. White

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The defendant-appellant Wayde K. White appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of the first circuit, the Honorable Derrick Chan presiding, filed on March 1, 2005, convicting him of and sentencing him for the following offenses; (1) two counts of forgery in the second degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) 708-852 (Supp. 1997)1 and (2) one count of theft in the second degree in violation of HRS § 708-831(l)(b) (Supp.1998).2

On appeal, White contends that the circuit court erred in sentencing him to extended terms of imprisonment as a…