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Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 14.03

Attempt -- Conduct Would Constitute Crime Except

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

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
Content hash
54c5e3c4c858c727bc5392b3e7538927a5de304261636c7377b4369867e28683
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