HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.26
Promoting a Detrimental Drug 1° -- Possession of one
POSSESSION OF ONE POUND OR MORE OF MARIJUANA:
H.R.S. § 712-1247(1)(e)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Promoting a Detrimental Drug in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Promoting a Detrimental
Drug in the First Degree if he/she knowingly possesses one or
more preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an
aggregate weight of one pound or more, containing any marijuana.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Promoting a Detrimental Drug 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 possessed one or more
preparations, compounds, mixtures, or substances of an aggregate
weight of one pound or more; and
2. That the one or more preparations, compounds,
mixtures, or substances contained any marijuana; and
3. That the Defendant did so knowingly.
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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