State v. Costa

STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

RICHARD SHANNON COSTA, Defendant-Appellant

No. 28001

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

March 31, 2008.

On the briefs:

Daniel G. Hempey Chief Judge for Defendant-Appellant.

Tracy Murakami, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kaua`i, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RECKTENWALD, C.J., Nakamura and Fujise, JJ.

Defendant-Appellant Richard Shannon Costa (Costa) appeals from the May 26, 2006 Judgment of Conviction and Sentence that was entered in the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit (circuit court),[1] finding him guilty of Murder in the Second…