State v. Walker

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai‘i [hereinafter, “the prosecution”] appeals from the judgment, guilty conviction, probation sentence, and mittimus of the first circuit court, the Honorable Karl K. Sakamoto presiding, filed on December 2, 2003, convicting the defendant-appellee Maurice W. Walker of and sentencing him for the following offenses: (1) promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1243 (1993 & Supp.2003) 1 (Count I); (2) unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, in violation of HRS §…