Title: State v. Domingo

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

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no. 26458
1H THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'IS
SATE OF HAWAL'T, Plaineiff-Appeliee, =
JOSBeH DOMINGO, Defendant-Appel lant. :

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(Cr. No. 02-1-1834)

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(gy: Moon, C.J., Levinson, and Nakayama, JJ., with Duffy, J~»
concurring separately and dissenting, in which Acoba, J., joins)

The defendant-appellant Joseph Domingo appeals from the
judgment of the circuit court of the first circuit, the Honorable
Sandra A. Simms presiding, convicting him of and sentencing him
for five counts of sexual assault in the third degree, in
violation of HRS § 707-732(1) (b) (1993 & Supp. 2001). On appeal,
Domingo argues (1) that the circuit court erred in refusing to
instruct the jury pursuant to his proposed supplemental specific
unanimity instruction, in violation of State v. Arceo, @4 Hawai'i
1, 928 P.2d 843 (1996), (2) that the circuit court’s responses to
jury communications were impermissible pursuant to this court’s
decision in State v. Faiardo, 67 Haw. 593, 699 P.2d 20 (1985),
and (3) that the circuit court erred in imposing concurrent ten-
year extended terms of imprisonment in violation of his
constitutional right to a jury trial under the sixth amendment to
ction 14 of the

 

the United States Constitution and article T,

Hawai'i Constitution (1978).

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Upon carefully reviewing the record and the briefs
submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to
the arguments advanced and the issues raised, we affirm the
judgment and sentence of the circuit court and hold as follows.

(1) The circuit court complied with this court’s
decision in Arceo, 84 Hawai'i 1, 928 P.2d 843, by giving the jury
ong specific unanimity instruction, stating, inter alia, “that
all twelve jurors must unanimously agree that the same act has
been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.” Inasmuch as Arcee does
not preclude a single specific unanimity instruction expressly
applicable to all relevant counts, the circuit court did not err
in refusing to give Domingo’s proposed supplemental specific
unanimity instructions tailored to each count.

(2) The circuit court’s responses to the jury's
communications were not erroneous, nor did they mirror the
instruction allowed in Allen v, United States, 164 U.S. 492
(1896), but rejected as improper by this court in Fajardo, 67
Haw. 593, 699 P.2d 20, and State v. Villeza, 72 Haw. 327, 334-35,
817 P.2d 1054, 1058 (1991). The circuit court’s instruction to
the jury to continue deliberating by explaining that “(t]he law
requires a unanimous decision in criminal cases. Please continue
your deliberations with a view to reaching an agreement if you
can do so without violating your individual judgment” did not
have the effect of “blasting” a verdict out of a deadlocked jury.
Faiarde, 67 Haw. at 597, 699 P.2d at 22 (citation omitted) .
“[W)hen read and considered as a whole, the instructions given”

were not “prejudicially insufficient, erroneous, inconsistent, or
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misleading,” State v. Kinnane, 79 Hawai'i 46, 49, 897 P.2d 973,
976 (1995), and the circuit court did not err in instructing the
jury. See also State v. Hoey, 77 Hawai'i 17, 38, 881 P.2d 504,
525 (1994).

(3) Domingo’s arguments against his extended terms of
imprisonment have been foreclosed by this court’s decision in
State v, Rivera, 106 Hawai'i 146, 150, 102 P.3d 1044, 1048
(2004), which held that Hawai'i’s extended term sentencing scheme
is not incompatible with the United States Supreme Court’s
decision in Blakely v, Washington, 124 S.Ct. 2531 (2004).

See also State v. Kaua, 102 Hawai'i 1, 72 P.3d 473 (2003); State
ws Hauge, 103 Hawai'i 38, 79 P.3d 131 (2003). Therefore,

IP 1S HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment and sentence
from which this appeal is taken are hereby affirmed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai"i, June 14, 2005.

on the briefs: Gor

Stephen K. Tsushima,

deputy prosecuting attorney, ee

for the plaintiffveppeliee
Seate of” Hovat't
Pesta C1. orcany anes

Todd Eddins,
for the defendant-appellant
Joseph Domingo