HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.00A
13.00A.1. Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree:
H.R.S. §712-1202
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant’s name), is charged with the offense
of Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Promoting Prostitution in
the First Degree if he/she knowingly [advances prostitution by
compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, or
intimidation to engage in prostitution] [profits from the
advancement of prostitution by another who compels or induces a
person by force, threat, fraud, or intimidation to engage in
prostitution] [[advances] [profits] from prostitution of a
person less than eighteen years old].
There are two material elements of the offense of Promoting
Prostitution 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 [advanced prostitution by
compelling or inducing a person by force, threat, fraud, or
intimidation to engage in prostitution] [profited from the
advancement of prostitution by another who compelled or induced
a person by force, threat, fraud, or intimidation to engage in
prostitution] [[advanced] [profited] from prostitution of a
person less than eighteen years old]; and
2. That the Defendant did so knowingly.
[A person "advances prostitution" if, acting other than as
a prostitute or a patron of a prostitute, the person knowingly
[causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution]
[procures or solicits patrons for prostitution] [provides
persons for prostitution purposes] [permits premises to be
regularly used for prostitution purposes] [operates or assists
in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution
enterprise] [engages in any conduct designed to institute, aid,
or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution].]
[A person "profits from prostitution" if, acting other than
as a prostitute receiving compensation for personally-rendered
prostitution services, the person accepts or receives money or
other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with
any person whereby the person participates or is to participate
in the proceeds of prostitution activity.]
“Fraud” means making material false statements,
misstatements, or omissions.
“Prostitution” means to [engage in, or agree or offer to
engage in, sexual conduct with another person for a fee] [pay,
agree to pay, or offer to pay a fee to another to engage in
sexual conduct].
“Threat” means a threat by word or conduct to do any of the
following:
(a) Cause bodily injury in the future to the person
threatened or to any other person;
(b) Cause damage to property or cause damage to a
computer, computer system, or computer network, including any
impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program,
a system, a network, or computer services;
(c) Subject the person threatened or any other person to
physical confinement or restraint;
(d) Commit a penal offense;
(e) Accuse some person of any offense or cause a penal
charge to be instituted against some person;
(f) Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether
true or false, tending to subject some person to hatred,
contempt, or ridicule, or to impair the threatened person's
credit or business repute;
(g) Reveal any information sought to be concealed by the
person threatened or any other person;
(h) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony
or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense;
(i) Take or withhold action as a public servant, or cause
a public servant to take or withhold such action;
(j) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other
similar collective action, to obtain property that is not
demanded or received for the benefit of the group that the
defendant purports to represent;
(k) Destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or possess any
actual or purported passport, or any other actual or purported
government identification document, or other immigration
document, of another person; or
(l) Do any other act that would not in itself
substantially benefit the defendant but that is calculated to
harm substantially some person with respect to the threatened
person's health, safety, business, calling, career, financial
condition, reputation, or personal relationships.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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