FUKUSAKU v. STATE

No. 28994.

273 P.3d 1241 (2012)

126 Haw. 555

Raita FUKUSAKU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawai`i, Respondent-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

April 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raita Fukusaku , on the briefs, Petitioner-Appellant Pro Se.

Lisa M. Itomura , Diane K. Taira , Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, for Respondent-Appellee.

NAKAMURA, Chief Judge, LEONARD, J., and Circuit Judge KIM in place of FOLEY, FUJISE, REIFURTH, and GINOZA, JJ., all recused.


Opinion of the Court by NAKAMURA, C.J.

Petitioner-Appellant Raita Fukusaku (Fukusaku) was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder. He was originally sentenced by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court) to consecutive terms of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, subject to mandatory minimum terms of fifteen years. With respect to Fukusaku's original sentence, the Hawai`i Paroling Authority (HPA) set Fukusaku's minimum terms of imprisonment...

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