HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.61
ELECTRONIC ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE:
H.R.S. § 707-756
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant (defendant’s name) is charged with the offense
of Electronic Enticement of a Child in the First Degree.
A person commits the offense of Electronic Enticement of a
Child in the First Degree if he/she uses a computer, or any
other electronic device, to intentionally or knowingly
communicate [with a minor whom he/she knows to be under the age
of eighteen years] [with another person in reckless disregard of
the risk that the person is under the age of eighteen and the
person is, in fact, under the age of eighteen] [with another
person who represents himself/herself to be under the age of
eighteen], with the intent to promote or facilitate the
commission of [Murder in the First Degree] [Murder in the Second
Degree] [(specify Class A felony)] [(specify offense listed in
HRS § 846E-1)], agrees to meet [with the minor whom he/she knows
to be under the age of eighteen] [with the other person in
reckless disregard of the risk that the person is under the age
of eighteen and who was, in fact, under the age of eighteen]
[with the other person who represented himself/herself to be
under the age of eighteen] and he/she intentionally or knowingly
travels to the agreed upon meeting place at the agreed upon
meeting time.
There are five material elements of the offense of
Electronic Enticement of a Child in the First Degree, each of
which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
These five elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant used a computer or any other
electronic device; and
2. That the Defendant intentionally or knowingly did so
to communicate with [a minor known by the Defendant to be under
the age of eighteen] [another person in reckless disregard of
the risk that the person was under the age of eighteen and the
person was, in fact, under the age of eighteen] [another person
who represented himself/herself to be under the age of
eighteen]; and
3. That the Defendant agreed to meet [with the minor whom
he/she knew to be under the age of eighteen] [with the other
person in reckless disregard of the risk that the person was
under the age of eighteen and who was, in fact, under the age of
eighteen] [with the other person who represented himself/herself
to be under the age of eighteen]; and
4. That the Defendant did so with the intent to promote
or facilitate the commission of the offense of [Murder in the
First Degree] [Murder in the Second Degree] [(specify Class A
felony)] [(specify offense listed in HRS § 846E-1)]*; and
5. That the Defendant intentionally or knowingly traveled
to the agreed upon meeting place at the agreed upon meeting
time.
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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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