HINDERING PROSECUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE

HINDERING PROSECUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE: H.R.S. § 710-1029 In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the] [The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense of Hindering Prosecution in the First Degree. A person commits the offense of Hindering Prosecution in the First Degree if he/she, with the intent to hinder the [apprehension] [prosecution] [conviction] [punishment] of another person for a class [A] [B] [C] felony, renders assistance to that person. There are two material elements of the offense of Hindering Prosecution in the First Degree, each of which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. These two elements are: 1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of (name of county), the Defendant rendered assistance to another person; and 2. That the Defendant did so with the intent to hinder the [apprehension] [prosecution] [conviction] [punishment] of that person for a class [A] [B] [C] felony. "Renders assistance" means: (1) Harboring or concealing another person; (2) Warning another person of impending discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction, except this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another person into compliance with the law; (3) Providing another person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction; (4) Preventing or obstructing, by means of force, deception, or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of another person; or (5) Suppressing by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of another person. Notes H.R.S. §§ 710-1029, 702-206(1). For definition of states of mind, see instruction: