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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.38

Commercial Promotion of Marijuana 1° Cultivation of

activein force · 2026-08-20 – presentas-observed

CULTIVATION OF TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE MARIJUANA PLANTS:

H.R.S. § 712-1249.4(1)d)

[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 cultivates on

land owned by [another person] [the government] [another legal

entity] twenty-five or more marijuana plants, unless he/she has

the express permission from the owner of the land to cultivate

the marijuana, or a legal or an equitable ownership interest in

the land, or a legal right to occupy the land.

There are four 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 four elements are:

1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of

(name of county), the Defendant cultivated twenty-five or more

marijuana plants; and

2. That the Defendant did so on land owned by [another

person] [the government] [another legal entity]; and

3. That the Defendant did not have the express permission

from the owner of the land to cultivate the marijuana, or a

legal or an equitable ownership interest in the land, or a legal

right to occupy the land; and

4. That the Defendant did so knowingly.

Provenance

Source
courts.state.hi.us
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
2026-08-20
Content hash
ec13bb918f9b43b295a8efddeed1517dd7bcd7fbc918980fd7ac65fac53c22f5
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