Legal Opinion
Keawe v. State
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1995No. 17405PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAMIL, Justice.
Petitioner-Appellant Jeffrey Keawe appeals from the circuit court’s resentencing order. Keawe argues that his amended sentence, after a successful Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure (HRPP) Rule 40 challenge, was “an enhancement of [his] original sentence” and therefore violated the double jeopardy clauses of the Hawai'i and United States Constitutions. For the reasons stated below, we reject Keawe’s argument and affirm the circuit court’s resentencing order.
I. FACTS
On September 30, 1987, Keawe was charged with one count of theft in the second degree (Criminal No. 87-1296) in…
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