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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.01
Endangering the Welfare of a Minor 1° H.R.S. § 709-
TABLE OF INSTRUCTIONS15
11. CHAPTER 709 -- OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY AND INCOMPETENTS
903.5(1) (4/19/96).
709- 903.5(2) (4/19/96).
H.R.S. § 709-904(1) (4/19/96).
H.R.S. § 709-904(2) (4/19/96).
H.R.S. § 709-904.5 (4/19/96).
H.R.S. § 709-905 (4/19/96).
906(1) (4/19/96)(6/29/00)(3/15/07)(2/10/12)(10/29/14).
of a Household Member Less than 14 Years of Age H.R.S.
§ 709-906(1) and (9) (Applicable to offenses occurring
on or after June 20, 2014) (12/18/14).
to Prior Conviction Element and Limiting Instructions
H.R.S. § 709-906(7) (3/15/07) (9/20/12)
to Third Offense Within Two Years H.R.S. § 709-906(7)
(9/20/12)(10/29/14)
Within Two Years H.R.S § 709-906(7)(9/20/12)
(10/29/14)
Breathing or Circulation H.R.S. § 709-906(8)
(3/15/07)(10/29/14)
(9/04/09)
15 The original instructions approved and published in Volume I in December
1991 are not dated. New or amended instructions in Volumes I and II reflect
the Supreme Court’s approval date in parentheses.
DEGREE: H.R.S. § 709.903.5(1)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Endangering the Welfare of a Minor in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Endangering the Welfare of
a Minor in the First Degree if he/she, having care or custody of
a minor, intentionally or knowingly allows another person to
inflict serious or substantial bodily injury on the minor.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Endangering the Welfare of a Minor 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 had care or custody of a minor;
and
2. That the Defendant, at that time, allowed another
person to inflict serious or substantial bodily injury on the
minor; and
3. That the Defendant did so intentionally or knowingly.
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