State v. Vellina

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The defendant-appellant Warren Vellina, Jr. appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of the second circuit, the Honorable Shackley F. Raffeto presiding, filed on November 19, 2003, convicting him of and sentencing him for the following offenses: (1) burglary in the first degree, in violation of Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 708-810(l)(c) (1993); 1 (2) two counts of theft in the first degree, in violation of HRS § 708-830.5(l)(b) (1993); 2 and (3) theft in the second degree, in violation of HRS § 708-831(l)(b) (1993 & Supp.2003). 3 On appeal, Vellina…