HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.35
Commercial Promotion of Marijuana 1° -- Possession of
DEGREE – POSSESSION OF TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OR MORE:
H.R.S. § 712-1249.4(1)(a)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Commercial Promotion of Marijuana in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Commercial Promotion of
Marijuana in the First Degree if he/she knowingly possesses
marijuana having an aggregate weight of twenty-five pounds or
more.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Commercial Promotion of Marijuana 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 marijuana; and
2. That the marijuana had an aggregate weight of twenty-five pounds or more; and
3. That the Defendant did so knowingly.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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