HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.10
Habitually Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of
OF AN INTOXICANT – .08 Breath Alcohol:
H.R.S. § 291E-61.5(a)(1) and (2)(C)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant’s name), is charged with the offense
of Habitually Operating a Vehicle under the Influence of an
Intoxicant.
A person commits the offense of Habitually Operating a
Vehicle under the Influence of an Intoxicant if the person is a
habitual operator of a vehicle while under the influence of an
intoxicant and the person operates or assumes actual physical
control of a vehicle with .08 or more grams of alcohol per two
hundred ten (210) liters of breath.
There are three material elements of the offense of
Habitually 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 intentionally, knowingly, or
recklessly was a habitual operator of a vehicle while under the
influence of an intoxicant; and
2. That Defendant, at that time, operated or assumed
actual physical control of a vehicle; and
3. That Defendant, at that time, had .08 or more grams of
alcohol per two hundred ten (210) liters of breath.
“Habitual operator of a vehicle while under the influence
of an intoxicant” means a person who has been convicted three or
more times within ten years of the instant offense, for offenses
of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.
“Convicted three or more times for offenses of operating a
vehicle under the influence” means that, at the time of the
behavior for which the person is charged with Habitually
Operating a Vehicle under the Influence of an Intoxicant, the
person had three or more times within ten years of the instant
offense:
(1) A judgment on a verdict or a finding of guilty,
or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, for a violation of
[Habitually Operating a Vehicle under the Influence of an
Intoxicant] [Driving under the Influence of Intoxicating
Liquor] [Habitually Driving under the Influence of
Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs] [Driving Under the Influence
of Drugs];
(2) A judgment on a verdict or a finding of guilty,
or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, for an offense that
is comparable to [Habitually Operating a Vehicle under the
Influence of an Intoxicant] [Driving under the Influence of
Intoxicating Liquor] [Habitually Driving under the
Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs] [Driving Under
the Influence of Drugs] [Operating a Vehicle Under the
Influence of an Intoxicant] [Negligent Homicide in the
First Degree]; or
(3) An adjudication of a minor for a law or probation
violation that, if committed by an adult, would constitute
a violation of [Habitually Operating a Vehicle under the
Influence of an Intoxicant] [Driving under the Influence of
Intoxicating Liquor] [Habitually Driving under the
Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs] [Driving Under
the Influence of Drugs] [Operating a Vehicle Under the
Influence of an Intoxicant] [Negligent Homicide in the
First Degree];
that, at the time of the instant offense, had not been expunged
by pardon, reversed, or set aside. All convictions that have
been expunged by pardon, reversed, or set aside prior to the
instant offense shall not be deemed prior convictions for the
purposes of proving the person’s status as a habitual operator
of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Provenance
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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