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HRS §806-21

Charging multiple accomplices or receivers together

This section allows prosecutors to charge and try together any number of people who helped commit a felony at different times, or who received stolen property at different times, even if the main offender is not charged or not in custody.

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The statute, as written — Joinder of defendants; accessories, receivers

Any number of accessories at different times to any felony, and any number of receivers at different times of the whole or any part or parts of any property which at one time have been stolen, taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, or otherwise disposed of in such a manner as to amount to a felony, may be charged with substantive felonies in the same indictment and may be tried together, notwithstanding the principal felon is not included in the same indictment, or is not in custody, or amenable to justice.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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