State v. Sanchez

 Annotate this Case
Download PDF
NO. 22883 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I STATE OF HAWAI#I, Plaintiff-Appellant vs. BERNADETTE SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellee APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT (CR. NO. 98-1832) (By: SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) The plaintiff-appellant State of Hawai#i (hereinafter, the prosecution ) appeals from the first circuit court s order granting the motion for clarification of sentence filed by the defendant-appellee Bernadette Sanchez. On appeal, the prosecution contends that the circuit court imposed an illegal sentence by granting Sanchez time-served credit in the present matter, Cr. No. 98-1832, for time actually served in connection with an unrelated criminal matter, Cr. No. 97-1497. Upon carefully reviewing the record and the briefs submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised by the parties, we hold that the circuit court imposed an illegal sentence when it granted Sanchez credit in the present matter for time served in connection with an unrelated criminal matter. See State v. March, No. 22938, slip op. at 7-10 (Haw. Oct. 30, 2000) (holding that Hawai#i Revised Statutes 706-671(1) (1993) does not authorize grant of credit for time served in connection with offenses unrelated to that for which sentence is imposed and, thus, that a sentence that credits [a d]efendant with the time served for an unrelated offense is illegal ). Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the first circuit court s order, filed on September 27, 1999, granting defendant s motion for clarification of sentence, from which the appeal is taken is reversed. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 30, 2000. On the briefs: James M. Anderson (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney), for the plaintiff-appellant, State of Hawai#i Catherine P. Gutierrez (Deputy Public Defender), for the defendant-appellee, Bernadette Sanchez 2

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.