Title: State v. Wroblewski

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

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No. 28138

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAT'I, Respondent /Plaintif£-Appellee:

 

 

WILLIS S. WROBLEWSKI, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant

 

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS 8
(CR. NO. 04-1-1633) =

SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, and Duffy 39.7
‘and’ Acoba, J., Dissenting)

Petitioner Willis S. Wroblewski seeks review of the
Intermediate Court of Appeals’ (ICA) September 13, 2007 judament,
which affirmed the circuit court of the first circuit’s August
14, 2006 order denying Wroblewski’s motion to correct an illegal
sentence. We accepted Williams's application for @ writ of
certiorari and now vacate the judgment of the ICA and remand to
the circuit court for resentencing in accordance with this order.

Wroblewski was charged by indictment with one count of
Accidents involving Serious Bodily Injury, in violation of HRS §
2916-12 (Count 1), and one count of Unauthorized Control of a
Propelled Vehicle, in violation of HRS § 708-836 (Count II).*

Wroblewski pled no contest to both counts on July 25, 2005. The

\ the Honorable Michael A. Town presided.
* count Z, a class B felony, carried a maximum ordinary term of

imprisonment of ten years and Count Ily a clase ¢ felony, carried # maximum
ordinary term of five years. HRS § 706-660 (1993).

 

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prosecution moved to sentence Wroblewski to extended terms of
imprisonment as a “multiple offender,” under HRS § 706-662 (4) (a)
(supp. 2004). The circuit court granted the motion based on its
finding that such terms were necessary for the protection of the
public, and sentenced Wroblewksi to the extended terms of twenty
years of imprisonment for Count I and ten years of imprisonment
for Count II, to run concurrently.

Although Wroblewksi did not appeal the judgment, he
filed a Motion to Correct Tllegal Sentence on June 23, 2006,
contending that the sentence imposed by the court was “illegal
pursuant to the United States Supreme Court decision{s] in
Apprendi v, New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), and Kauau v. Frank,
436 F.3d 1087 ({9th Cir.] 2006).” After the circuit court denied
this motion, Wroblewski appealed. The ICA, in a summary
disposition order, affirmed the circuit court ruling based on
this court's precedent in State v. Rivera, 106 Hawai'i 146, 102
P.3d 1044 (2004), cert, denied, 546 U.S. 829, 126 S. Ct. 45
(2008).

Wroblewski maintains that his constitutional rights
were violated by the imposition of extended terms of imprisonment
based on the circuit court’s non-jury finding that such extended
incarceration is necessary for the protection of the public. As
this court made clear in State v. Maugaoteaa, 115 Hawai'i 432,

168 P.3d 562 (2007), Wroblewski’s extended-term sentence was
 

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indeed inconsistent with his right to a jury trial under the
sixth amendment to the United States Constitution.

‘Therefore,

The ICA’s September 13, 2007 judgment is vacated, and
the case is remanded to the circuit court (1) to grant
Wroblewski’ s Notion to Correct an Illegal Sentence and (2) for
resentencing in accordance with this order and applicable law.
See Act 1 (Oct. 31, 2007) (to be codified at HRS §§ 706-661 to -
664);? State v. Jess, No. 28483, Slip Op. (Haw. March 31, 2008)
(determining that resentencing under Act 1 is not
unconstitutional and also permitting a circuit court to
resentence @ criminal defendant under a judicially reformed
version of the prior statute governing extended term
sentencing) .*

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 11, 2008,

Phyllis J. Hizonaka,
Deputy Public Defender,
for petitioner/defendant- .
appellant on the application Mazi noe
Semis Orr are
Yaron &. Duly, +

  

this court's decision in
Mausacteaa. See Sess. (2007), available at
Rttei feapitol -hawali.gov/splseseion200%/bills/HB2-htm (enacted as Act 1 on
October 21, 2007), Section 5 of the Act provides that "[a] defendant whose
Chtended tern of imprisonment Se set aside or invalidated shall be resentenc
Pursuant to this Act upon request ef the prosecutor.” See id.

  

  

   

< Although Wroblewski, at this juncture, has not alleged any defect in
his indictment, we note that the new rule announced in Jess, requiring the
Gliegation of aggravating extrinsic facts in a charging instrument, does not
apply to Wroblewsks because of its prospective character.

 

  

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