HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.03
Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an
INTOXICANT--DRUG IMPAIRMENT: H.R.S. § 291E-61(a)(2)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant.
A person commits the offense of Operating a Vehicle Under
the Influence of an Intoxicant if the person operates or assumes
actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence
of any drug that impairs the person's ability to operate the
vehicle in a careful and prudent manner.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant, each
of which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
These three elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant operated or assumed actual
physical control of a vehicle; and
2. That Defendant, at that time, was under the influence of
any drug that impaired Defendant's ability to operate a vehicle
in a careful and prudent manner; and
3. That Defendant acted intentionally, knowingly, or
recklessly as to each of the foregoing elements.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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