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HRS §702-222

When you can be held responsible for someone else's crime

This section explains when you are considered an accomplice to a crime. You are an accomplice if you intentionally help, encourage, or fail to stop a crime you had a legal duty to prevent. It also covers cases where the law specifically says your actions make you an accomplice.

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The statute, as written — Liability for conduct of another; complicity

A person is an accomplice of another person in the commission of an offense if: (1) With the intention of promoting or facilitating the commission of the offense, the person: (a) Solicits the other person to commit it; (b) Aids or agrees or attempts to aid the other person in planning or committing it; or (c) Having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make reasonable effort so to do; or (2) The person's conduct is expressly declared by law to establish the person's complicity.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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