HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.08
Promoting a Dangerous Drug 2° -- Possession of
POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN, MORPHINE OR
COCAINE: H.R.S. § 712-1242(1)(b)(i)
[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 one or more
preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate
weight of one-eighth ounce or more, containing [methamphetamine]
[heroin] [morphine] [cocaine] [(specify one of named drug(s)) or
any of its respective salts, isomers, and salts of isomers].
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 one or more
preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate
weight of one-eighth ounce or more; and
2. That the one or more preparations, compounds,
mixtures, or substances contained [methamphetamine] [heroin]
[morphine] [cocaine] [(specify one of named drug(s)) or any of
its respective salts, isomers, and salts of isomers]; and
3. That the Defendant did so knowingly.
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- 2026-08-20
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