State v. Martin

Opinion of the Court by

BURNS, C. J.

Defendant-Appellant Lance S.K. Martin (Martin) appeals from the November 7, 2001 “Judgment, Guilty Conviction and Sentence” (Judgment) entered in the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (circuit court), Judge Shaekley F. Raffetto presiding, convicting Martin of Count One, Extortion in the First Degree, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-765(l)(a) (1993),1 and Count Two, Ownership or Operation of Business by Certain Persons Prohibited, HRS § 842-2 (1993),2 and sentencing him to imprisonment for ten years on each count for a total of twenty years, and a…