HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 12.01
Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer 1° H.R.S. §
IN THE FIRST DEGREE: H.R.S. § 710-1016.6
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Impersonating a Law
Enforcement Officer in the First Degree if he/she, with intent
to deceive, pretends to be a law enforcement officer and is
armed with a firearm.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer 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 pretended to be a law
enforcement officer; and
2. That the Defendant, at that time, was armed with a
firearm; and
3. That the Defendant did so with the intent to deceive.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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