State v. Tamura

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant David Glen Tamura from a jury conviction for robbery in the first degree under HRS § 708-840 and from the extended term sentence received by him under HRS § 706-661. We affirm.

I

In the morning of May 10, 1980, Mrs. Shizuko Ohta and her employees were at Mrs. Ohta’s restaurant, Tanoue’s Saimin Delicatessen. Mrs. Ohta was in the restaurant’s kitchen when she was summoned by the janitor, Mr. Kinzo Taira, to follow him to the men’s restroom.

Once inside the restroom, Mrs. Ohta was confronted by a male with a handgun and his male companion.

Mrs. Ohta was…