Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15.05

FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE: HRS § 134-7(a)

[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]

[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense

of Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition for a Firearm by a

Person Who is a Fugitive from Justice.

A person commits the offense of Possession or Control of a

Firearm or Ammunition for a Firearm by a Person Who is a

Fugitive from Justice if he/she is a fugitive from justice and,

at the time, possesses or controls any firearm or ammunition

therefor.

There are five material elements of the offense of

Possession or Control of a Firearm or Ammunition for a Firearm

by a Person Who is a Fugitive from Justice, each of which the

prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

These five elements are:

1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of

(name of county), the Defendant knowingly [possessed]

[controlled] the object in question; and

2. That the object in question was a firearm or

ammunition for a firearm; and

3. That, at the time he/she [possessed] [controlled] the

object in question, the Defendant believed, knew, or recklessly

disregarded the substantial and unjustifiable risk, that the

object was a firearm or ammunition for a firearm; and

4. That, at that time, the Defendant was a fugitive from

justice; and

5. That, at that time, the Defendant believed, knew, or

recklessly disregarded the substantial and unjustifiable risk,

that he/she was a fugitive from justice.