HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 10.03B
Unauthorized Entry in a Dwelling in the First Degree:
H.R.S. § 708-812.55
(Applicable to offenses occurring on or after July 5, 2011)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Unauthorized Entry in a Dwelling in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Unauthorized Entry in a
Dwelling in the First Degree if he/she intentionally or
knowingly enters unlawfully into a dwelling and another person
was, at the time of the entry, lawfully present in the dwelling,
and the other person [was sixty-two years of age or older] [was
an incapacitated person] [had a developmental disability].
There are three material elements of the offense of
Unauthorized Entry in a Dwelling in the First Degree, each of
which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
These three elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant intentionally or knowingly
entered unlawfully into a dwelling; and
2. That another person was, at the time of the entry,
lawfully present in the dwelling; and
3. That the other person [was sixty-two years of age or
older] [was an incapacitated person] [had a developmental
disability].
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
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