State v. Shimabukuro

60 P.3d 274 (2002)

100 Hawai`i 324

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Shane Shigeo SHIMABUKURO, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 23399.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 24, 2002.

Theresa Marshall (Rose Anne Fletcher on the brief), Deputy Public Defenders, for defendant-appellant.

Bryan K. Sano, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

ACOBA, J.; with LEVINSON, J., concurring separately, with whom MOON, C.J., joins; and NAKAYAMA, J., dissenting, with whom RAMIL, J., joins.

Opinion by ACOBA, J., Announcing the Judgment of the Court.

In a conviction for habitually…