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Circuit Court Standard Jury Instructions

Hawai`i Supreme Court orders approving pattern jury instructions are available for review and copying at the Supreme Court Law Library and at the Circuit Court Law Libraries in Hilo, Kona, Lihu`e, and Wailuku.

View Hawai`i Civil Jury Instructions, 1999 edition (3.68 MB) - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free.

This file contains:
  1. The October 11, 1999 Hawai`i Supreme Court Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Standard Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  2. Instructions 1.1 through 9.3 appended to that order (71 pages)
  3. The October 31, 2000 Hawai`i Supreme Court Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  4. Instructions 11.1 through 13.7 appended to that order (35 pages)
  5. The June 19, 2002 Hawai`i Supreme Court Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Standard Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  6. Instructions 14.1 through 15.27 and Index appended to that order (29 pages)
  7. The July 5, 2005 Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Standard Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  8. The revised Index for Medical Malpractice instructions, and Instruction 14.4 and 14.4A appended to that order (four pages)
  9. The January 18, 2007 Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Standard Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  10. Instructions 16.1 through 16.40 appended to that order (54 pages).
  11. The September 19, 2008 Order Approving Publication and Distribution of Hawai`i Pattern Jury Instructions - Civil (one page)
  12. Revised instruction 16.37 appended to that order (four pages)
  13. Instructions 17.1 through 17.11 appended to that order (thirteen pages)
  14. The February 12, 2009 Order Approving Publication and Distribution of the Hawai`i Standard Civil Jury Instructions (one page)
  15. Instructions 18.1 through 18.6 and Index appended to that order (8 pages)

These instructions are to be referred to as the Hawai`i Civil Jury Instructions, 1999 edition.

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Please note that the Supreme Court's orders state "approval for publication and distribution is not and shall not be considered by this court or any other court to be an approval or judgment as to the validity or correctness of the substance of any instruction."

Hawai`i Criminal Jury Instructions

View Hawai`i Criminal Jury Instructions (recompiled 1991 edition with amendments to 06/02/05). Further amended by Hawai`i Supreme Court orders dated:

February 28, 2006 (Adding instructions 2.10, 7.15, 13.54, 13.54A, 13.55, 13.55A, 13.56, 13.56A, 13.57, and 13.57A; Revising instructions 10.05A, 10.07, 10.09, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.18, 10.19, 10-20, 10-22, and 10-23)

May 25, 2006 (Adding instructions 16.08, 16.09, 16.10, and 16.11; Revising instructions 10.21, 10.27, 10.28, 10.32, 10.33, 10.34, 10.36, 10.37, 10.38)

March 15, 2007 (Revising instructions 9.28, 9.29, 9.30, 9.31, 9.32, 10.24, 10.24A, and 11.06; Adding instructions 10.45, 10.45A, 11.07, 11.08, 13.58, 13.59, 13.60, 13.61, and 13.62)

October 9, 2007 (Revising instructions 13.58, 13.59, 13.60, 13.61, 13.62 and 16.09)

October 14, 2007 (Revising instructions 13.56, 13.56A, 13.57 and 13.57A)

February 21, 2008 (Revising instructions 16.08, 16.10, 16.11)

March 14, 2008 (Revising instructions 7.01 and 7.02; Adding instructions 9.44B, 9.44C, 10.50, 10.51, 10.52, and 10.53)

September 19, 2008 (Revising instructions 10.00 through 10.04 and adding 10.03A through 10.03D and 10.04A)

October 1, 2008 (Revising instructions 10.05, 10.05A, 10.05B, 10.05C, 10.06, 10.06A, 10.07, 10.07A, 10.08, 10.08A, 10.09, 10.09A, 10.10, 10.10A )

October 1, 2008 (Revising instructions 8.07B, 8.07C, 8.07D, 8.07E, 9.16, 9.16A, 9.17, 9.17A, 9.20, 9.20A, 9.20B, 9.31, 9.31A and adding 9.20C, 9.30A )

October 7, 2008 (Revising instructions 10.26, 10.26A, 10.27, 10.27A, 10.28, 10.28A, 10.29, 10.29A, 10.30, 10.30A, 10.31, 10.31A )

October 7, 2008 (Adding 10.54, 10.54A, 10.55, 10.55A, 10.56, 10.56A, 10.57, 10.57A )

May 5, 2009 (Revising 1.01, 1.02A, 1.02B, 3.01, 5.01, 17.01 and 17.02 and adding 6.07, 7.16, 7.17, and 12.00A)

September 4, 2009 (Revising instructions 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.03 and adding 9.61, 9.62, 10.03E, 10.03F, 11.09)

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