STATE v. TAUILIILI

No. 23008.

29 P.3d 914 (2001)

96 Hawai`i 195

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ropati TAUILIILI, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Y.H. Chinn, on the briefs, Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.

James M. Anderson, on the briefs, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, (Adrian Dhakhwa, Law Clerk, with him on the brief) for plaintiff-appellee.

MOON, C.J., and LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, RAMIL, and ACOBA, JJ.


Opinion of the court by RAMIL, J.

The defendant-appellant Ropati Tauiliili appeals from the post-judgment order of the first circuit court, the Honorable Victoria S. Marks presiding, partially denying his motion seeking presentence credit for time served. On appeal, Tauiliili claims that the circuit court incorrectly interpreted HRS § 706-671, by failing to credit his 853 days of presentence imprisonment toward each of his three sentences.

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