HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.03
Attempt -- Conduct Would Constitute Crime Except
MISTAKE AS TO ATTENDANT CIRCUMSTANCES:
H.R.S. § 705-500(1)(a)
[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 would constitute (specify substantive offense) if the
attendant circumstances were as he/she believed them to be.
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 would
have constituted (specify substantive offense) if the attendant
circumstances, (specify attendant circumstances), were as the
Defendant believed them to be; and
2. That the Defendant engaged in such conduct
intentionally.
A person commits the offense of (specify substantive
offense) if (define substantive offense).
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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