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California Penal Code

§ 205

PEN § 205Title 8 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

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A person is guilty of aggravated mayhem when he or she unlawfully, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the physical or psychological well-being of another person, intentionally causes permanent disability or disfigurement of another human being or deprives a human being of a limb, organ, or member of his or her body. For purposes of this section, it is not necessary to prove an intent to kill. Aggravated mayhem is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 785, Sec. 1.

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