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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A person commits the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime if the person knowingly uses a computer to identify, select, solicit, persuade, coerce, entice, induce, procure, pursue, surveil, contact, harass, annoy, or alarm the victim or intended victim of the following offenses:
(a)Section 707-726, relating to custodial interference in the first degree;
(b)Section 707-727, relating to custodial interference in the second degree;
(c)Section 707-731, relating to sexual assault in the second degree;
(d)Section 707-732, relating to sexual assault in the third degree;
(e)Section 707-733, relating to sexual assault in the fourth degree;
(f)Section 707-751, relating to promoting child abuse in the second degree;
(g)Section 711-1106, relating to harassment;
(h)Section 711-1106.4, relating to aggravated harassment by stalking;
(i)Section 711-1106.5, relating to harassment by stalking;
(j)Section 711-1110.9, violation of privacy in the first degree;
(k)Section 711-1111, violation of privacy in the second degree; or
(l)Section 712-1215, relating to promoting pornography for minors.
(2) Use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime is an offense one class or grade, as the case may be, greater than the offense facilitated. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a conviction under this section shall not merge with a conviction for the separate crime.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 5. Crimes and Criminal Proceedings § 708-893 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-5-crimes-and-criminal-proceedings/hi-rev-st-sect-708-893/
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