{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-705-511","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 705-511","heading":"Immunity, irresponsibility, or incapacity of a party to criminal solicitation.","body":"(1) A person shall not be liable under section 705-510 for criminal solicitation of another 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.\n\n(2) It is not a defense to a prosecution under section 705-510 that the person solicited could not be guilty of committing the crime because:\n\n(a) He is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense solicited;\n\n(b) He is penally irresponsible or has an immunity to prosecution or conviction for the commission of the crime;\n\n(c) He is unaware of the criminal nature of the conduct in question or of the defendant's criminal intent; or\n\n(d) He does not have the state of mind sufficient for the commission of the offense in question.\n\n(3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under section 705-510 that the defendant is, by definition of the offense, legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the offense solicited.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 705"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0705/HRS_0705-0511.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"e19ef6b5c31d54b0fa5a178f980f5218e101dddc8455094e233f88ea47321772","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-705-502","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-705-512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}