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25 Μαρ 2024 · California’s “mayhem” law is a serious legal concept with substantial implications. Understanding what constitutes mayhem, why someone may be charged with it, the potential legal penalties, and the available defenses is crucial.
California Penal Code § 203 PC prohibits mayhem, the act of unlawfully or maliciously attacking another person in a way that causes disfigurement or disability. A conviction is a felony punishable by up to 8 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.
In 1872, as part of California's adoption of the Code Commission's proposed codification of the Penal Code, mayhem was defined in section 203 as follows: "Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures or renders it useless, or who cuts out or disables the tongue, puts out an ...
Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures, or renders it useless, or cuts or disables the tongue, or puts out an eye, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, is guilty of mayhem. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360, Sec. 106.)
8 Μαΐ 2024 · [Mayhem] involves a dif ferent requisite mental state and has no statutory history recognizing a malice aforethought element or the availability of the Flannel defense.”
In Penal Code 205 PC, California law defines aggravated mayhem as intentionally causing someone a permanent disability or disfigurement, or to deprive the person of a limb, organ or member of the body.
California defines mayhem through the acts of depriving a person of his or her body through a limb or the entire body. He or she may also disable, disfigure or render a part of the body useless in some manner.
