{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-702-208","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 702-208","heading":"Substitutes for negligence, recklessness, and knowledge.","body":"When the law provides that negligence is sufficient to establish an element of an offense, that element also is established if, with respect thereto, a person acts intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly. When the law provides that recklessness is sufficient to establish an element of an offense, that element also is established if, with respect thereto, a person acts intentionally or knowingly. When the law provides that acting knowingly is sufficient to establish an element of an offense, that element also is established if, with respect thereto, a person acts intentionally.\n\nCOMMENTARY ON §702-208\n\nSince intent, knowledge, recklessness, and negligence are in a descending order of culpability, this section establishes that \"it is only necessary to articulate the minimal basis of liability for the more serious bases to be implied.\"[1] The proposition is essentially axiomatic.\n\n__________\n\n§702-208 Commentary:\n\n1. M.P.C., Tentative Draft No. 4, comments at 129 (1955).","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 702"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0702/HRS_0702-0208.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"953d1192dc7d30d9ba93a3f52c63cfcd370b9fc50a0e16a5fbb956005c1115c4","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-702-207","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-702-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}