Opinion ID: 2764248
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Text: Defendant was convicted by the District Court for the Third Circuit (district court) of committing the offense of prostitution in violation of Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1200(1) (1993, Supp. 2013). Defendant appealed the conviction to the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), arguing FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction. The ICA affirmed the conviction. Defendant filed an application for writ of certiorari in which he argued the ICA erred by finding sufficient evidence to prove the commission of a prostitution offense. We affirm the judgment on appeal of the ICA, and clarify the prior-to-trial advisement required by State v. Lewis, 94 Hawaiʻi 292, 297, 12 P.3d 1233, 1238 (2000).