HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15.10
Carrying Firearm on Person Without License H.R.S. §
HRS § 134-9
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Carrying Firearm on Person Without License.
A person commits the offense of Carrying Firearm on Person
Without License if he/she carries on his/her person a pistol or
revolver, whether concealed or unconcealed, without a license to
carry.
There are five material elements of the offense of Carrying
Firearm on Person Without License, 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 carried on his/her
person the object in question, whether concealed or unconcealed;
and
2. That the object in question was a pistol or revolver;
and
3. That, at the time he/she carried the object in
question, the Defendant believed, knew, or recklessly
disregarded the substantial and unjustifiable risk, that the
object was a pistol or revolver; and
4. That, at that time, the Defendant did not have a
license to carry; and
5. That, at that time, the Defendant believed, knew, or
recklessly disregarded the substantial and unjustifiable risk,
that he/she did not have a license to carry.
“License to carry” means a license to carry a pistol or
revolver and ammunition therefor issued by the chief of police
of the [City and] County of (name of county).
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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