HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 10.45
Unauthorized Entry Into Motor Vehicle in the First
Degree: H.R.S. § 708-836.5
(Applicable to offenses occurring on or after June 22, 2006)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/ Complaint/
Information, the] [The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is
charged with the offense of Unauthorized Entry Into Motor
Vehicle in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Unauthorized Entry Into
Motor Vehicle in the First Degree if the person intentionally or
knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a motor vehicle,
without being invited, licensed, or otherwise authorized to
enter or remain within the vehicle, with the intent to commit a
crime against a person or property rights.
There are four material elements of the offense of
Unauthorized Entry Into Motor Vehicle in the First Degree, each
of which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
These four elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant unlawfully [entered into a motor
vehicle][remained in a motor vehicle]; and
2. That the Defendant did so without being invited,
licensed, or otherwise authorized to enter or remain within the
vehicle; and
3. That the Defendant acted intentionally or knowingly as
to each of the foregoing elements; and
4. That, when the [Defendant unlawfully entered the motor
vehicle,][Defendant's remaining in the motor vehicle became
unlawful,] the Defendant, at that time, had the intent to commit
therein a crime against a person or against property rights.
“Enter” means the least intrusion into a motor vehicle with
the whole physical body, with any part of the body, or with any
instrument appurtenant to the body.*
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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