HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.02
Attempt -- Purpose to Cause Proscribed Result H.R.S. §
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).
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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