defendant, gerald, d, pa, akaula, left, his, attorney, todd, eddins, took, seats, in, circuit, court, yesterday, before, changed, plea, to, guilty, feb, assaults, army, soldier, wife, parking, lot, waikele, shopping, center, turn, events, brings, some, closure, infamous, case, which, s, son, shouted, racial, epithet, during, altercation, pleaded, one, count, second-degree, assault, third-degree, incident, with, approval, victims, prosecutors, will, recommend, that, serve, two, years, prison, then, be, released, parole, seated, behind, joreen, are, shown, proceedings, stood, judge, steven, alm, not, entered, new, them, deputy, city, prosecutor, franklin, pacarro, jr, right, reviewed, papers, after, pleading, while, wiped, tears, exited, courtroom, hand, spoke, reporters, said, he, wasn, t, forced, also, beating, have, fully, recovered, from, injuries, consoled, as, addressed, media, behalf, outside, honolulu, has, taken, responsibility, actions, it, was, emotional, day, who, appeared, they, did, speak, akaulas, headed, difficult, scheduled, sentenced, dec