HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 8.07B
Offender Against Elderly, Handicapped or a Minor Under
THE AGE OF EIGHT: H.R.S. § 706-662(5)
(Applicable to offenses occurring on or after October 31, 2007)
If you find that the prosecution has proven beyond a
reasonable doubt that the Defendant committed the offense of
(name of felony offense), then you must also answer the
following two questions on a special interrogatory which will be
provided to you:
1. Has the prosecution proven beyond a reasonable doubt
that the Defendant, in the course of committing [or attempting
to commit] the offense of (name of felony offense), inflicted
serious or substantial bodily injury upon a person who was
[sixty years or older] [blind] [a paraplegic] [a quadriplegic]
[eight years or younger]?
2. Has the prosecution proven beyond a reasonable doubt
that the Defendant knew or reasonably should have known that
said person was [sixty years or older] [blind] [a paraplegic] [a
quadriplegic] [eight years or younger]?
You must answer each of the questions separately. Your
answer to each of these questions must be unanimous.
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- courts.state.hi.us
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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