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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 5. Crimes and Criminal Proceedings § 705-523

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A person shall not be liable under section 705-520 for criminal conspiracy if under sections 702-224(1) and (2) and 702-225(1) he would not be legally accountable for the conduct of the other person.

(2) It is not a defense to a prosecution under section 705-520 that a person with whom the defendant conspires could not be guilty of committing the crime because:

(a) He is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense;

(b) He is penally irresponsible or has an immunity to prosecution or conviction for the commission of the crime;

(c) He is unaware of the criminal nature of the conduct in question or of the defendant's criminal intent; or

(d) He does not have the state of mind sufficient for the commission of the offense in question.

(3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under section 705-520 that the defendant is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense that is the object of the conspiracy.

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