Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 12.14

H.R.S. § 710-1030

[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]

[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense

of Hindering Prosecution in the Second Degree.

A person commits the offense of Hindering Prosecution in

the Second Degree if he/she, with the intent to hinder the

[apprehension] [prosecution] [conviction] [punishment] of

another person for a crime, renders assistance to that person.

There are two material elements of the offense of Hindering

Prosecution in the First Degree, each of which the prosecution

must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

These two elements are:

1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of

(name of county), the Defendant rendered assistance to another

person; and

2. That the Defendant did so with the intent to hinder

the [apprehension] [prosecution] [conviction] [punishment] of

that person for a crime.

"Renders assistance" means:

(1) Harboring or concealing another person;

(2) Warning another person of impending discovery,

apprehension, prosecution, or conviction, except this does not

apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring

another person into compliance with the law;

(3) Providing another person with money, transportation,

weapon, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery,

apprehension, prosecution, or conviction;

(4) Preventing or obstructing, by means of force,

deception, or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that

might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or

conviction of another person; or

(5) Suppressing by an act of concealment, alteration, or

destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the

discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of another

person.