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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.01

Attempt -- Purpose to Culminate in Commission of

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TABLE OF INSTRUCTIONS19

14. CHAPTER 705 -- INCHOATE CRIMES

Offense H.R.S. § 705-500(1)(b) and (3) (12/27/96).

Commission of Offense H.R.S. §§ 705-500(1)(b) and (3),

708-810(1)(c) (approval date?).

§ 705- 500(2) and (3) (12/27/96).

Result H.R.S. §§ 705-500(2) and (3), 707-701.5

(approval date?).

Proscribed Result H.R.S. §§ 705-500(2) and (3),

707-730(1)(a) (approval date?).

Mistake as to Attendant Circumstances H.R.S.

§ 705-500(1)(a) (12/27/96).

Element of Crime H.R.S. § 705-500(2) and (3) (4/19/96,

6/29/00).

(5) (4/19/96).

(4) and (5) (4/19/96).

(4) and (5) (4/19/96).

708- 831(1)(b), 708-830(2) (12/27/96).

19 The original instructions approved and published in Volume I in December

1991 are not dated. New or amended instructions in Volumes I and II reflect

the Supreme Court's approval date in parentheses.

OFFENSE: H.R.S. § 705-500(1)(b) and (3)

[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]

[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense

of Attempted (specify substantive offense).

A person commits the offense of Attempted (specify

substantive offense) if, he/she intentionally engages in conduct

which, under the circumstances as he/she believes them to be,

constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended

to culminate in his/her commission of (specify substantive

offense).

There are two material elements of the offense of Attempted

(specify substantive offense), each of which the prosecution

must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

These two elements are:

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

(name of county), the Defendant engaged in conduct which, under

the circumstances as the Defendant believed them to be, was a

substantial step in a course of conduct intended by the

Defendant to culminate in the commission of (specify substantive

offense); and

2. That the Defendant engaged in such conduct

intentionally.

Conduct shall not be considered a substantial step unless

it is strongly corroborative of the Defendant's intent to commit

(specify substantive offense).

A person commits the offense of (specify substantive

offense) if (define substantive offense).

Provenance

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