State v. Huelsman

Appellant seeks a rehearing solely upon the question of the procedural steps contemplated by this court’s construction of HRS § 706-662(4), pursuant to which the first sentence of the subsection is to be read: “The defendant is a multiple offender whose criminality was so extensive that a sentence of imprisonment for an extended term is necessary for protection of the public.” Appellant suggests that the opinion contemplates a separate step in the sentencing proceeding, following the court’s determination that a defendant is a multiple offender and before the court considers whether an…