OPINION OF THE COURT BY EDDINS, J.
Does an information that tracks the language of Hawai`i Revised Statutes § 708-852 (2014), forgery in the second degree, and contains each element of that offense also need to define forgery's key element, "intent to defraud"?
It does. Otherwise the information omits the offense's dual states of mind...
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