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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.02

Attempt -- Purpose to Cause Proscribed Result H.R.S. §

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

H.R.S. § 705-500(2) 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, is

a substantial step in a course of conduct intended or known to

cause (specify result of offense which is an element of the

offense and any attendant circumstance with the required state

of mind).

There are (specify number) material elements of the offense

of Attempted (specify substantive offense), each of which the

prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

These (specify number) 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 Defendant believed them to be, was a

substantial step in a course of conduct intended or known to be

practically certain by the Defendant to cause (specify result of

offense which is an element of the offense); and

2. That the Defendant engaged in such conduct

intentionally. [and]

*(3. Specify attendant circumstance with the required state

of mind.)

Conduct shall not be considered a substantial step unless

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

(specify substantive offense) , which is, (state elements of

substantive offense).

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courts.state.hi.us
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
2026-08-20
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