State v. Kala

*254OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court was authorized under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 706-628 (Supp. 1984)1 to “extend,” prior to its expiration, Samuel Kama Kala’s (Defendant) period of probation for another two years. We vacate the order of “extension” and remand for further proceedings.

Defendant was originally sentenced on February 2, 1978, to probation for a term of five years, pursuant to HRS § 706-623 (1976)2 for the *255offense of Burglary In the Second Degree, a class C felony. HRS § 708-811 (1976). Thus, his period of…