Opinion ID: 1191793
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Sexual assault in the third degree (Count One)

Text: A person commit the offense of sexual assault in the third degree, in violation of HRS § 707-732(1)(b), if the person knowingly subjects to sexual contact another person who is less than fourteen years old or causes such a person to have sexual contact with the person. Accordingly, there were four material elements of the offense of sexual assault in the third degree as charged in Count One of the indictment against Arceo, each of which the prosecution was required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to establish guilt. These four material elements were: (1) that Arceo subjected the Minor to sexual contact ( i.e., the prohibited conduct, to wit, the touching of the Minor's back with Arceo's penis or the touching of the Minor's penis with Arceo's penis, see supra note 1); (2) that Arceo was aware that he was doing so ( i.e., the requisite knowing state of mind with respect to the actor's conduct, see supra note 10); (3) that Arceo was aware that the Minor was not married to him ( i.e., the requisite knowing state of mind with respect to the attendant circumstance implicit in sexual contact, see supra notes 1 and 11); and (4) that the Minor was less than fourteen years old at the time of the sexual contact ( i.e., the attendant circumstance of the Minor's age, see supra note 1). [12]