A felony shall be sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of twenty years without possibility of suspension of sentence or probation. A young adult defendant convicted of a felony may, in lieu of any other sentence of imprisonment authorized by this chapter, be sentenced to a special indeterminate term of imprisonment if the court is of the opinion that such special term is adequate for his correction and rehabilitation and will not jeopardize the protection of the public. A felony . . . . A felony statute or an eight year term under the young adult defendants statute. Appellant personally addressed the sentencing court and requested that he be given a second chance.
Defendant is to be given credit for three days of pre-sentence detention credit.
This timely appeal followed. HRS 706-601 commentary. Additionally, a sentencing court should always consider all possible sentencing alterna-tives. In the present case, appellant does not challenge the sentencing court's deter-mination regarding the necessity of imprisonment. Appellant's sole contention is that it is unknown if the sentencing court considered the alternative eight year sentence because it failed to state the reasons for imposing the maximum twenty year sen-tence.