State v. De Guair

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The petitioner-appellant/defendant-appellant Walter Wayne De Guair appeals from: (1) the orders of the circuit court of the third circuit, the Honorable Greg Nakamura presiding, entered respectively on January 25, 2000 and January 23, 2003, disposing of De Guair’s May 20, 1999 Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 35 motion (1999)1 [hereinafter, “Rule 35 motion”] for reduction of sentence, granting the motion by changing the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment from consecutive to concurrent terms and denying the motion to vacate De Guair’s sentence…