HRS §604-9
District courts can try criminal cases without a jury
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section gives district courts the power to hear and decide criminal cases without a jury, unless the accused person has the right to a jury trial and demands one. The decision can be appealed according to law. It applies only to cases within the court's jurisdiction.
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The statute, as written — Same; powers
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
District courts shall have power, subject to appeal according to law and except as otherwise provided in cases in which the accused has the right to and demands a trial by jury in the first instance, to try without a jury, and to render judgment in all cases of criminal offenses coming within their respective jurisdictions.
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