Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.
We hold that as to a case that predated July 20, 1998, the effective date of amendments to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 706-644 (Supp.1997), a free standing order of restitution (FSO) could have been separately and independently imposed at the time of a defendant's original sentencing, in addition to any other sentence such as probation or imprisonment. However, a FSO could not be imposed as a modification of a probation...
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