Fukusaku v. State

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAMURA, C.J.

Petitioner-Appellant Raita Fukusaku (Fu-kusaku) was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder. He was originally sentenced by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court) to consecutive terms of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, subject to mandatory minimum terms of fifteen years. With respect to Fukusaku’s original sentence, the Hawai'i Paroling Authority (HPA) set Fukusaku’s minimum terms of imprisonment before eligibility for parole on the two counts at consecutive twenty-year terms, for an aggregate minimum term of forty…