ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE BY MUTUAL AFFRAY

Hawaiʻi Pattern Jury Instructions — Criminal · 10/27/03 · compendium p. 295

ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE BY MUTUAL AFFRAY SPECIAL INTERROGATORY: H.R.S. § 707-712(1)(a) Did the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fight or scuffle was not entered into by mutual consent? (Your answer to this question must be unanimous.) Yes __________ No __________ Notes H.R.S. § 707-712(1)(a). The jury’s answer to an interrogatory of this type, whether affirmative or negative, must be unanimous. See State v. Peralto, 95 Hawaiʻi 1, 18 P.3d 2003 (2001); see also State v. Yamada, 99 Hawaiʻi 542, 57 P.3d 467 (2002).

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H.R.S. § 707-712(1)(a). The jury’s answer to an interrogatory of this type, whether affirmative or negative, must be unanimous. See State v. Peralto, 95 Hawaiʻi 1, 18 P.3d 2003 (2001); see also State v. Yamada, 99 Hawaiʻi 542, 57 P.3d 467 (2002).

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