HRS §806-9

Same rules for cases started by information as by indictment

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This section says that all the legal rules that apply to criminal cases started by an indictment also apply to cases started by an information. This includes rules about court filings, trials, punishments, and appeals. It makes the two types of cases follow the same procedures.

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The statute, as written — Information, laws applicable

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.

All provisions of law applying to prosecutions upon indictments, to writs and process therein, and the issuing and service thereof, to motions, pleadings, trials, and punishments, or the passing or execution of any sentence, and to all proceedings in cases of indictment, whether in the court of original or appellate jurisdiction, shall in the same manner and to the same extent as near as may be, apply to information and all prosecutions and proceedings thereon.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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