§604-11.5  Same; offenses committed within the circuit.  The several district courts shall have jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided, of all criminal offenses cognizable under the laws of the State, committed within their respective circuits or transferred to them for trial by change of venue from some other district court. [L 1971, c 144, §6C]

Rules of Court

  Penal proceedings, venue, see HRPP rules 18, 21, and 22.

Case Notes

  Failure of charging instrument to fully allege the elements of the crime of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant as set forth in §291E–61(a)(1) did not abrogate the trial court's subject matter jurisdiction established under chapter 604.  136 H. 258, 361 P.3d 1161 (2015).