Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Jim Route v. Merrick Garland (2021)
Most recently applied in Jim Route v. Merrick Garland (May 2021)
L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; ree L 1986, c 314, §54; gen ch 1993; am L 2008, c 147, §3
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree if the person knowingly restrains another person under circumstances which expose the person to the risk of serious bodily injury.
(2) Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a class C felony.
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.