HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.56
Promoting Child Abuse in the Third Degree:
H.R.S. § 707-752
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense
of Promoting Child Abuse in the Third Degree.
A person commits the offense of Promoting Child Abuse in
the Third Degree if he/she, knowing or having reason to know its
character and content, possesses [child pornography] [any [book]
[magazine] [periodical] [film] [videotape] [computer disk]
[electronically stored data] [material] that contains an image
of child pornography] [any pornographic material that [employs]
[uses] [contains] a minor [engaging] [assisting others to
engage] in sexual conduct].
There are three material elements of the offense of
Promoting Child Abuse in the Second Degree, 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 possessed [child pornography]
[[a book] [a magazine] [a periodical] [a film] [a videotape] [a
computer disk] [electronically stored data] [material] that
contained an image of child pornography] [pornographic material
that [employed] [used] [contained] a minor [engaging] [assisting
others to engage] in sexual conduct]; and
2. That the Defendant knew or had reason to know that
he/she was doing so; and
3. That the Defendant knew or had reason to know the
character and content of the [child pornography] [[book]
[magazine] [periodical] [film] [videotape] [computer disk]
[electronically stored data] [material] that contained an image
of child pornography] [pornographic material that [employed]
[used] [contained] a minor [engaging] [assisting others to
engage] in sexual conduct].
“Child pornography” means any pornographic photograph,
film, video, picture, or computer-generated image or picture,
whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other
means, which depicts a minor engaging in sexual conduct, or
which has been created, adapted, or modified to make it appear
that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexual conduct.
“Community standards” means the standards of the State of
Hawaii.
“Computer” means any electronic, magnetic, optical,
electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device
performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and
includes all computer equipment connected or related to such a
device in a computer system or computer network, but shall not
include an automated typewriter or typesetter, a portable hand-held calculator, or other similar device.
“Lascivious” means tending to incite lust, to deprave the
morals in respect to sexual relations, or to produce voluptuous
or lewd emotions in the average person, applying contemporary
community standards.
“Material” means any printed matter, visual representation,
or sound recording and includes, but is not limited to, books,
magazines, motion picture films, pamphlets, newspapers,
pictures, photographs, and tape or wire recordings.
“Minor” means any person less than eighteen years old.
“Pornographic” means all of the following are present:
(a) The average person, applying contemporary community
standards would find that, taken as a whole, the material
appeals to the prurient interest; and
(b) The material depicts or describes sexual conduct in a
patently offensive way; and
(c) Taken as a whole, the material lacks serious literary,
artistic, political, or scientific merit.
“Sadomasochistic abuse” means flagellation or torture by or
upon a person as an act of sexual stimulation or gratification.
“Sexual conduct” means acts of masturbation, homosexuality,
lesbianism, bestiality, sexual penetration, deviate sexual
intercourse, sadomasochistic abuse, or lascivious exhibition of
the genital or pubic area of a minor.
“Visual representation” refers to, but is not limited to,
undeveloped film and videotape and data stored on computer disk
or by electronic means that are capable of conversion into a
visual image.
Provenance
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- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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