· 2/25/1985
State v. Delmondo
Citations
- 696 P.2d 344
- 67 Haw. 531
- 1985 Haw. LEXIS 74
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where the court made an affirmative finding that the defendant was a repeat offender, it \was duty bound to impose a mandatory minimum sentence\ (emphasis added)
- holding that where the court made an affirmative finding that the defendant was a repeat offender, it “ivas duty bound to impose a mandatory minimum sentence ” (emphasis added)
- holding trial court had duty to impose mandatory minimum sentence upon defendant as a repeat offender when that fact was made evident to the court following initial sentencing
- noting when a sentence imposed does not comply with statutory requirements, the sentence is illegal
- “If [the defendant] is found to be a repeat offender, the sentencing court is bound to impose the applicable mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.”
- There may be circumstances under which it may violate due process to correct even an illegal sentence.
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Lum, Nakamura, Pádgett, Hayashi, Wakatsuki
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