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HAWJIC 10.59
False Labeling of Hawaii-Grown Coffee
Hawaiʻi Pattern Jury Instructions — Criminal · Added 10/29/14 · compendium p. 660
Statutes:§708-871.5
Material elements — the prosecution must prove each beyond a reasonable doubt
material elements of the offense of False Labeling of Hawaii-Grown Coffee, 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 possessed Hawaii-grown [green]
[cherry] [parchment] coffee; and
2. That the Defendant did so with intent to sell the coffee; and
3. That the coffee was falsely labeled with regard to its geographic origin; and
4. That the Defendant acted knowingly as to elements 1 and 3.
[“Cherry coffee” means the unprocessed fruit of the coffee plant.]
[“Geographic origin” means the geographic areas designated as follows:
(a) Hamakua is the Hamakua district on the island of Hawaii, as designated by the State of Hawaii tax map;
(b) Hawaii is the State of Hawaii;
(c) Kau is the Kau district on the island of Hawaii, as designated by the State of Hawaii tax map;
(d) Kauai is the island of Kauai;
(e) Maui is the island of Maui;
(f) Molokai is the island of Molokai; and
(g) Oahu is the island of Oahu.]
[“Green coffee” means the agricultural commodity comprised of green coffee beans.]
[“Parchment coffee” means the dried product that remains when coffee cherries are processed by removing the coffee seeds from the pulp.]
False Labeling of Hawaii-Grown Coffee: H.R.S. § 708-871.5 (Possess With Intent to Sell)
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/ Information/ Complaint, the] [The] Defendant, (defendant’s name), is charged with the offense of False Labeling of Hawaii-Grown Coffee. A person commits the offense of False Labeling of Hawaii- Grown Coffee if he/she knowingly possesses with intent to sell coffee that is falsely labeled with regard to the geographic origin of the Hawaii-grown coffee.
There are four material elements of the offense of False Labeling of Hawaii-Grown Coffee, 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 possessed Hawaii-grown [green]
[cherry] [parchment] coffee; and
2. That the Defendant did so with intent to sell the coffee; and
3. That the coffee was falsely labeled with regard to its geographic origin; and
4. That the Defendant acted knowingly as to elements 1 and 3.
[“Cherry coffee” means the unprocessed fruit of the coffee plant.]
[“Geographic origin” means the geographic areas designated as follows:
(a) Hamakua is the Hamakua district on the island of Hawaii, as designated by the State of Hawaii tax map;
(b) Hawaii is the State of Hawaii;
(c) Kau is the Kau district on the island of Hawaii, as designated by the State of Hawaii tax map;
(d) Kauai is the island of Kauai;
(e) Maui is the island of Maui;
(f) Molokai is the island of Molokai; and
(g) Oahu is the island of Oahu.]
[“Green coffee” means the agricultural commodity comprised of green coffee beans.]
[“Parchment coffee” means the dried product that remains when coffee cherries are processed by removing the coffee seeds from the pulp.]
Notes H.R.S. § 708-871.5 For definition of states of mind, see instructions: For definition of terms defined by H.R.S. Chapter 708, see instructions: For definition of “possession,” see instruction 6.06.
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