Title: State v. Kiaha

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

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in West's Hawai'i Reports and the Pacific Reporter

No. 27692

  

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T =

 

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STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent /Plaintif£-Appellee,
RYAN-SETH KIAHA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR.NO. 04-21-1410)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
[MING IN PART i rT
‘THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2007_JUDGMENT OF THE

TAT ‘OF APPEALS
(By: Moon, C.J., Levineon, and Nakayama, J2.;
Acoba, J., concurring and dissenting separately,
with whom Duffy, J., joine)
on September 27, 2007, petitioner/defendant-appellant
Ryan-Seth Kiaha timely petitioned this court for a writ of
certiorari to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals’ (ICA)
September 6, 2007 judgment on appeal, entered pursuant to its
July 27, 2007 summary disposition order. Therein, the ICA
affirmed the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s! april 5, 2005
judgment, convicting Kiaha of the offense of unauthorized control

of @ propelled vehicle, in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes

(HRS) § 708-836 (Supp. 2004). The ICA also affirmed the trial

‘The Honorable David M. Lo presided over the underlying proceedings

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court's imposition of an extended ten-year term of imprisonment
as a “persistent offender," under HRS §§ 706-661 (Supp. 2005)
and 706-662(1) (Supp. 2005), with a mandatory minimum of five
years as a repeat offender.

Having given due consideration to the argunents
advanced and the issues raised by Kiaha in his application and
upon careful review of the record and the briefs submitted.by
Kiaha and respondent/plaintiff-appellee state of Hawai't,

TT 18 HEREBY ORDERED that Kiaha’s application is
accepted, and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the September 6, 2007
judgment of the ICA is affirmed in all respects, with the
exception of the extended term sentence inposed against Kiaha in
Light of this court's recent opinion in State v. Mauggoteaa, No.
26657 (Haw. Oct. 1, 2007) (holding the extended sentencing schene
in HRS §§ 706-661 and 706-662 unconstitutional). That portion of
the ICA’s judgment, affirming che trial court’s imposition of the
extended term sentence, is vacated, and the case is renanded to
the trial court for resentencing.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 30, 2007.

Naomi Hirayasu, for Fore
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