BRIBERY OF A WITNESS -- BRIBE OFFERING

BRIBERY OF A WITNESS -- BRIBE OFFERING H.R.S. § 710-1070(1) [In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the] [The] Defendant, (defendant's name), is charged with the offense of Bribery of a Witness. A person commits the offense of Bribery of a Witness if he/she [confers] [offers] [agrees to confer], directly or indirectly, any benefit upon a [witness] [person he/she believes is about to be called as a witness] in any official proceeding with the intent to [influence the testimony of that person] [induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify] [induce that person to absent himself/herself from an official proceeding to which he/she has been legally summoned]. There are three material elements of the offense of Bribery of a Witness, 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 [conferred] [offered] [agreed to confer], directly or indirectly, a benefit upon another person; and 2. That the other person was a [witness] [person that the Defendant believed was about to be called as a witness] in any official proceeding; and 3. That the Defendant did so with the intent to [influence the testimony of that person] [induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify] [induce that person to absent himself/herself from an official proceeding to which he/she has been legally summoned]. Notes H.R.S. §§ 710-1070(1), 702-206(1). For definition of states of mind, see instruction: For definition of terms defined by H.R.S. Chapter 710, see instructions: