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STATE v. LEVI

No. 24469.

75 P.3d 1173 (2003)

102 Hawai`i 282

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin D. LEVI, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 26, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin D. Levi, defendant-appellant, on the briefs, pro se.

Daniel H. Shimizu, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiff-appellee.

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

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that: (1) the January 1, 1987 repeal of language in Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 706-606(b) (Supp.1982) authorizing a court to impose a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole for murder in cases other than described in HRS § 706-606(a) (Supp.1982) did not invalidate any such sentence imposed prior to the repeal date; (2) with the January 1, 1987 repeal of the language in HRS 707-701 (Supp...

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