HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.20B
ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE – EDUCATIONAL WORKER:
H.R.S. § 707-711(1)(e)
(Applicable to offenses that occurred on or before July 11,
2006)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant’s name), is charged with the offense
of Assault in the Second Degree.
A person commits the offense of Assault in the Second
Degree if he/she intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury
to an educational worker [who is engaged in the performance of
duty] [who is within an educational facility].
There are four material elements of the offense of Assault
in the Second Degree, each of which the prosecution must prove
beyond a reasonable doubt.
These four elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant caused bodily injury to an
educational worker; and
2. That the Defendant did so intentionally or knowingly;
and
3. That the Defendant did so to an educational worker who
was [engaged in the performance of duty] [within an educational
facility]; and
4. That the Defendant knew, at that time, that the person
was an educational worker [engaged in the performance of duty]
[within an educational facility].
“Educational worker” means any administrator, specialist,
counselor, teacher, or employee of the department of education,
or a person who is a volunteer in a school program, activity, or
function that is established, sanctioned, or approved by the
department of education or a person hired by the department of
education on a contractual basis and engaged in carrying out an
educational function.
Provenance
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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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