Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15.00

TABLE OF INSTRUCTIONS20

15. CHAPTER 134 -- FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND DANGEROUS WEAPONS

Instructions.

Separate Felony H.R.S. § 134-6(a) (4/19/96).

a Controlled Substance H.R.S. § 134-6(b) (4/19/96).

134- 6(c) (4/19/96, 6/29/00).

H.R.S. § 134-6(c) (4/19/96, 6/29/00).

6(d)(6/29/00).

[15.04A Lawful Possession or Carrying of a Pistol or Revolver

Loaded With Ammunition H.R.S. 134-6(d) (4/19/96,

Deleted 6/29/00).]

Fugitive From Justice H.R.S. § 134-7(a) (4/19/96,

6/29/00).

Firearm by a Person Charged with Specified Crimes

H.R.S. § 134-7(b) (4/19/96, 6/29/00).

Firearm by a Person Convicted of Specified Crimes

(4/19/96, 6/29/00).

(4/19/96, 6/29/00).

(4/19/96, 6/29/00).

134-9 (4/19/96, 6/29/00).

134-10 (4/19/96, 6/29/00).

Has Any Mark of Identity Modified H.R.S. § 134-10

(4/19/96, 6/29/00).

Weapon While Engaged in the Commission of a Crime

H.R.S. § 134-51(b) (4/19/96).

20 The original instructions approved and published in Volume I in December

1991 are not dated. New or amended instructions in Volumes I and II reflect

the Supreme Court's approval date in parentheses.

While Engaged in the Commission of a Crime H.R.S. §

134-52 (4/19/96).

§134- 11(b)(6/29/00).

11(b)(6/29/00).

HRS §134-11(c)(6/29/00).

STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS

"acquire" means gain ownership of.

"assault pistol" means a semiautomatic pistol which accepts a

detachable magazine and which has two or more of the following

characteristics:

(a) an ammunition magazine which attaches to the pistol

outside of the pistol grip;

(b) a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel

extender, flash suppressor, forward hand grip, or

silencer;

(c) a shroud which is attached to or partially or

completely encircles the barrel and which permits the

shooter to hold the firearm with the second hand

without being burned;

(d) a manufactured weight of fifty ounces or more when the

pistol is unloaded;

(e) a centerfire pistol with an overall length of twelve

inches or more; or

(f) it is a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

"automatic firearm" means any firearm that shoots, is designed

to shoot, or can be readily modified to shoot automatically more

than one shot, without a manual reloading, by a single function

of the trigger. This term shall also include the frame or

receiver of any such firearm, any part designed and intended

solely and exclusively, or any combination of parts designed and

intended for use in converting a firearm into an automatic

firearm, and any combination of parts from which an automatic

firearm can be assembled if the parts are in the possession or

under the control of a single person.

"crime of violence" means any offense as defined by the Hawaii

Penal Code that involves injury or threat of injury to the

person of another.

"firearm" means any weapon, for which the operating force is an

explosive, including but not limited to pistols, revolvers,

rifles, shotguns, automatic firearms, noxious gas projectors,

mortars, bombs, and cannon.

"fugitive from justice" means any person (1) who has fled from

any state, territory, the District of Columbia, or possession of

the United States, to avoid prosecution for a felony or to avoid

giving testimony in any criminal proceeding or (2) who has fled

from any country other than the United States and is avoiding

lawful extradition back to that country.

"pistol" or "revolver" means any firearm of any shape with a

barrel less than sixteen inches in length and capable of

discharging loaded ammunition or any noxious gas.