Hawaii Code § 702-224

Liability for conduct of another; exemption from complicity
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§702-224 Liability for conduct of another; exemption from complicity. Unless otherwise provided by this Code or by the law defining the offense, a person is not an accomplice in an offense committed by another person if:
(1) He is a victim of that offense;
(2) The offense is so defined that his conduct is inevitably incident to its commission; or
(3) He terminates his complicity prior to the commission of the offense and:
(a) Wholly deprives his complicity of effectiveness in the commission of the offense; or
(b) Gives timely warning to the law enforcement authorities or otherwise makes reasonable effort to prevent the commission of the offense. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]

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