When a person who has been convicted of a felony is not sentenced to imprisonment, the court shall place the person on probation. Nothing in this part shall prohibit the court from suspending any sentence imposed upon persons convicted of a crime other than a felony.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-622
Requirement of probation; exception
L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1986, c 314, §23; gen ch 1992
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