HRS §806-23
When a criminal charge lists the wrong parties or offenses
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A court cannot throw out a criminal charge just because it names the wrong defendants or combines offenses incorrectly. Instead, the court can split the charge into separate cases or counts to fix the problem.
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The statute, as written — Misjoinder
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.
No indictment shall be quashed, set aside, or dismissed, nor shall any demurrer thereto be sustained for misjoinder of parties defendant or for misjoinder of offenses charged; and if either defect exists the court may sever the indictment containing it into separate indictments or into separate counts as shall be proper.
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