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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.01

Endangering the Welfare of a Minor 1° H.R.S. § 709-

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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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