CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1035
Sodomy of a Disabled Person in a Mental Hospital (Pen.
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
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