HRS §806-49
What happens when you plead not guilty
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When you are formally charged and say 'not guilty' in court, that plea automatically means you are asking for a trial by jury. The court will then set up a jury for your trial in the usual way.
The statute, as written — Arraignment; plea of not guilty
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.
If any person being arraigned upon any indictment for any offense pleads thereto a plea of "not guilty", the person shall by that plea without any further form, be deemed to have put oneself upon the country for trial, and the court shall in the usual manner order a jury for the trial of the person accordingly.
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