HRS §806-17
Jury trial districts
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that Hawaii's judicial circuits are the districts for jury trials in criminal cases, as the state constitution requires. It stays that way unless the legislature changes it. It is a short, technical rule.
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The statute, as written — Circuits constitute district for criminal trial by jury
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.
The judicial circuits of the State established by section 603-1 are deemed to be the "districts" referred to in Article I, section 14, of the Constitution of the State with respect to the right to a trial by jury in criminal prosecutions, until such time as the legislature of the State shall otherwise provide.
Sections this one refers to
§603-1 How Hawaii is divided into court districts
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