State v. Alangcas.

Opinion of the Court by

POLLACK, J.

Over the last fifteen years, states have struggled to address internet solicitation of minors because traditional attempt and solicitation statutes do not sufficiently address internet activity. 1 In response, “state legislatures have revised their criminal statutes to create a new species of crime called ‘Internet luring,’ or ‘enticement.’ ” 2 In 2002, Hawai'i enacted Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-756, electronic enticement of a child in the first degree, to deter crimes against minors by prohibiting the use of an electronic device to “lure a minor to…