Three Strikes and Habitual Offender Laws in Hawaii

How Hawaii law treats three strikes and habitual offender laws, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Hawaii's repeat offender law sets mandatory minimum prison terms without parole when a person with prior felony convictions is convicted of second-degree murder, a class A or B felony, or one of about 30 listed class C felonies (such as second-degree assault, burglary or theft). Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-606.5(1), (2), (6), (7)

Three strikes and habitual offender laws	Hawaii's repeat offender law sets mandatory minimum prison terms without parole when a person with prior felony convictions is convicted of second-degree murder, a class A or B felony, or one of about 30 listed class C felonies (such as second-degree assault, burglary or theft). For second-degree murder the minimums are 10, 20 and 30 years for one, two, and three or more priors; for a class A felony 6 years 8 months, 13 years 4 months and 20 years; for a class B felony 3 years 4 months, 6 years 8 months and 10 years; and for a listed class C felony 1 year 8 months, 3 years 4 months and 5 years. A court may impose a lesser minimum for strong mitigating circumstances, with a written explanation. Class penalties (Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 706-640, 706-659, 706-660, 706-663, from the existing state record): class A felony 20 years; class B 10 years; class C 5 years; misdemeanor up to 1 year; petty misdemeanor up to 30 days. Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-606.5(1), (2), (6), (7)

Three strikes and habitual offender laws

Hawaii's repeat offender law sets mandatory minimum prison terms without parole when a person with prior felony convictions is convicted of second-degree murder, a class A or B felony, or one of about 30 listed class C felonies (such as second-degree assault, burglary or theft). For second-degree murder the minimums are 10, 20 and 30 years for one, two, and three or more priors; for a class A felony 6 years 8 months, 13 years 4 months and 20 years; for a class B felony 3 years 4 months, 6 years 8 months and 10 years; and for a listed class C felony 1 year 8 months, 3 years 4 months and 5 years. A court may impose a lesser minimum for strong mitigating circumstances, with a written explanation.

Class penalties (Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 706-640, 706-659, 706-660, 706-663, from the existing state record): class A felony 20 years; class B 10 years; class C 5 years; misdemeanor up to 1 year; petty misdemeanor up to 30 days.

Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-606.5(1), (2), (6), (7)

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