HRS §710-1028
What counts as helping someone avoid prosecution
This section defines when a person is considered to be helping another person avoid being caught or convicted of a crime. It lists specific actions, like hiding the person, warning them, giving them money or a weapon, blocking someone from helping, or destroying evidence. It also says that warning someone to get them to follow the law is not considered helping.
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The statute, as written — Hindering prosecution; definition of rendering assistance
For the purposes of sections [710-1029 and 710-1030], a person renders assistance to another if he: (1) Harbors or conceals such person; (2) Warns such person of impending discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction, except this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law; (3) Provides such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction; (4) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, deception, or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of such person; or (5) Suppresses by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of such person.
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