NOS. 5760, 5761, 5762 and 5763 | Haw. | Mar 22, 1976
Defendant-appellant, Russell A. Huelsman, also known as Russell Apo Huelsman, hereinafter called appellant, appeals from the judgments and sentences of the court below entered in four separate criminal cases, identified in the records of that court as Cr. No. 46516, Cr. No. 46518, Cr. No. 46527, and Cr. No. 46762.
Appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery in the second degree, a class B felony, in Cr. No. 46516, to another charge of robbery in the second degree, also a class B felony, in Cr. No. 46518, and to a charge of kidnapping, a class B felony, in Cr. No. 46762. In Cr. No. 46527, appellant pleaded guilty to count III, kidnapping, a class A felony, and count IV, assault in the first degree, a class B felony. Other pending charges were to be dismissed. On September 20, 1974, the court below sentenced appellant based upon these convictions to serve extended terms of imprisonment, finding under § 662(4) of the Hawaii Penal Code,
We view the pertinent factual aspects relating to the hearing held in these cases for the imposition of extended term sentences to be very similar to those encountered in State v. Kamae, 56 Haw. 628, 548 P.2d 632 (1976), issued today. Indeed, all of the contentions presented before us by State v. Kamae, supra, have been again argued by appellant. In accordance with State v. Kamae, supra, we vacate the sentences and remand these cases for further proceedings not inconsistent with our holdings in State v. Kamae, supra.
The original Hawaii Penal Code, enacted by Act 9, S.L.H. 1972, has never been printed in the supplements to the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Thus, all references to the Hawaii Penal Code should be to section 1 of Act 9, S.L.H. 1972.