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CALCRIM No. 1037

Sodomy While in Custody (Pen. Code, § 286(e))

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

The defendant is charged [in Count] with sodomy while he was

confined in (state prison/a local detention facility) [in violation of Penal

Code section 286(e)].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant participated in an act of sodomy with another

person;

AND

2. At the time of the act, the defendant was confined in (state

prison/a local detention 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.]

[<Insert name of facility> is a (state prison/local detention

facility).] [A state prison is any prison or institution maintained by the

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.] [A local detention facility

includes any city, county, or regional jail or other facility used to confine

adults [or both adults and minors].]

New January 2006; Revised August 2016

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
bc6a183e02fb60b59d8e97c95bd118c78483f8fcbcc2e2746f47fab10cef0f15
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