State v. Putnam

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 706-625(5) (Supp.1999), which permits a trial court on revocation of probation to impose any sentence that might have originally been imposed at the time of conviction, does not apply to the sentencing procedure attendant to revocation of a deferred acceptance of guilty plea (DAGP), the same being already specifically governed by HRS § 853-3 (1993). Thus, we disagree with the argument of Defendant-Appellant Reyna Putnam (Defendant) to the contrary and affirm the ruling of the circuit court of the third circuit (the…