INTERFERENCE WITH REPORTING AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME

INTERFERENCE WITH REPORTING AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME H.R.S. § 710-1010.5 [In Count (count number) of the [Indictment/ Complaint/ Information], the] [The] Defendant, (defendant’s name), is charged with the offense of Interference with Reporting an Emergency or Crime. A person commits the offense of Interference with Reporting an Emergency or Crime if he/she intentionally or knowingly prevents a victim or witness to a criminal act from calling a 911-emergency telephone system, obtaining medical assistance, or making a report to a law enforcement officer. There are three material elements of the offense of Interference with Reporting an Emergency or Crime, 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 intentionally or knowingly prevented another person from [calling a 911-emergency telephone system] [obtaining medical assistance] [making a report to a law enforcement officer]; and 2. That the Defendant was aware or believed or hoped that the other person was a [victim of a criminal act] [witness to a criminal act]; and 3. That the Defendant was aware, or believed or hoped that the other person [was calling a 911-emergency telephone system] [was obtaining medical assistance] [was making a report to a law enforcement officer]. Notes H.R.S. §§ 710-1010.5, 702-206(1) and (2). For definition of states of mind, see instructions: For definition of terms defined by H.R.S. Chapter 710, see instruction: See State v. Pond, 118 Hawai’i 452, 193 P.3d 368 (2008).