HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13.46A
Promoting a Controlled Substance Near Schools, Public
Parks, or Public Housing Projects or Complexes:
H.R.S. § 712-1249.6(1)(b) (Distribute Within 750 Feet
of Property)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/ Information/
Complaint, the] [The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged
with the offense of Promoting a Controlled Substance Near
[Schools] [Public Parks] [Public Housing Projects or Complexes].
A person commits the offense of Promoting a Controlled
Substance Near [Schools] [Public Parks] [Public Housing Projects
or Complexes] if he/she knowingly distributes a controlled
substance within seven hundred and fifty feet of the real
property comprising a [school] [public park] [public housing
project or complex].
There are three material elements of the offense of
Promoting a Controlled Substance Near [Schools] [Public Parks]
[Public Housing Projects or Complexes], 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 distributed a controlled
substance; and
2. That the Defendant did so within seven hundred and fifty
feet of the real property comprising a [school] [public park]
[public housing project or complex]; and
3. That the Defendant acted knowingly as to each of the
foregoing elements.
“School” means any public or private preschool,
kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle, secondary, or
high school.
“Public housing project or complex” means a housing project
directly controlled, owned, developed, or managed by the Hawaii
public housing authority pursuant to the federal or state low-rent housing program.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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