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CALCRIM No. 1035

Sodomy of a Disabled Person in a Mental Hospital (Pen.

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Code, § 286(h))

The defendant is charged [in Count] with sodomy of a mentally

or physically disabled person in a mental hospital [in violation of Penal

Code section 286(h)].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant committed an act of sodomy with another person;

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.

Sodomy is any penetration, no matter how slight, of the anus of one

person by the penis of another person. [Ejaculation is not required.]

A person is prevented from legally consenting if he or she is unable to

understand the act, its nature, and probable consequences.

[<If appropriate, 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-2019
Content hash
b4f2a09e015ee6dd624ded0927d941c43c004edf5f363e79e2bdd8785f702d4e
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