State v. Shimabukuro

Opinion by

ACOBA, J.,

Announcing the Judgment of the Court.

In a conviction for habitually driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (Habitual DUI), Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291-4.4 (Supp.1998) 1, the requisite prior driving under the influence (DUI) convictions must be valid.2 That was not the ease with respect to the April 11, 2000 judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the circuit court of the fust circuit3 (the court) adjudging Defendant'Appellant Shane Shigeo Shimabukuro (Defendant) guilty of Habitual DUI. Accordingly, the aforementioned judgment must be…