CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1020
Oral Copulation of a Disabled Person in a Mental Hospital
(Pen. Code, § 287(a), (h))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with oral copulation of a
mentally or physically disabled person in a mental hospital [in violation
of Penal Code section 287(h)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant committed an act of oral copulation with someone
else;
2. The other person had a (mental disorder/developmental or
physical disability) that prevented (him/her) from legally
consenting;
3. The defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the
other person had a (mental disorder/developmental or physical
disability) that prevented (him/her) from legally consenting;
AND
4. At the time of the act, both people were confined in a state
hospital or other mental health facility.
Oral copulation is any contact, no matter how slight, between the mouth
of one person and the sexual organ or anus of another person.
Penetration is not required.
A person is incapable of giving legal consent if he or she is unable to
understand the act, its nature, and possible consequences.
[<Insert name of facility> is a (state hospital/mental health
facility).] [A state hospital or other mental health facility includes a state
hospital for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered or any
other public or private facility approved by a county mental health
director for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
- Content hash
61eedc2adfc319b6ff2ea8cc2ce57e4f70b02d4841daefb81b474a2d5dde2005
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