HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.07
Promoting a Dangerous Drug 2° -- Possession of Twenty-
POSSESSION OF TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE UNITS:
H.R.S. § 712-1242(1)(a)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree.
A person commits the offense of Promoting a Dangerous Drug
in the Second Degree if he/she knowingly possesses twenty-five
or more [capsules] [tablets] [ampules] [dosage units] [syrettes]
containing (specify dangerous drug(s)).
There are three material elements of the offense of
Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second 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 possessed twenty-five or more
[capsules] [tablets] [ampules] [dosage units] [syrettes]; and
2. That the twenty-five or more [capsules] [tablets]
[ampules] [dosage units] [syrettes] contained (specify dangerous
drug(s)); and
3. That the Defendant did so knowingly.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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