HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.02B
Attempted Sexual Assault 1° -- Purpose to Cause
PURPOSE TO CAUSE PROSCRIBED RESULT:
H.R.S. §§ 705-500(2) and (3), 707-730(1)(a)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Attempted Sexual Assault in
the First Degree 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
be practically certain to subject another person to sexual
penetration and he/she is aware his/her conduct is by strong
compulsion.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree, 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 intentionally engaged in
conduct; and
2. That the conduct, 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 subject (specify Complainant's name) to an act of
sexual penetration; and
3. That the Defendant was aware his/her conduct constituted
strong compulsion.
Conduct shall not be considered a substantial step unless
it is strongly corroborative of the Defendant's intent to commit
Sexual Assault in the First Degree, which is, knowingly
subjecting a person to an act of sexual penetration by strong
compulsion.
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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