State v. Russell

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, J.

This appeal involves the statutory interpretation of Hawaii’s New Penal Code (New Code) and its application to an offense triable under Hawaii’s Pre-Penal Code (Old Code); it also involves the statutory interpretation of Hawaii’s detainer agreement, under chapter 834, HRS. The circuit court had dismissed an indictment charging both defendants, Robert Taylor Russell and Lawrence Frederick Carlson, with two counts of obtaining money under fraudulent and false pretenses under HRS § 750-21 (Old Code). The court had ruled that the statute of limitations of the New…