CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2900
Vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with vandalism [in violation
of Penal Code section 594].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant maliciously (defaced with graffiti or with other
inscribed material[,]/ [or] damaged[,]/ [or] destroyed) (real/ [or]
personal) property;
[AND]
2. The defendant (did not own the property/owned the property
with someone else)(;/.)
<See Bench Notes regarding when to give element 3.>
[AND
3. The amount of damage caused by the vandalism was $400 or
more.]
Someone acts maliciously when he or she intentionally does a wrongful
act or when he or she acts with the unlawful intent to annoy or injure
someone else.
Graffiti or other inscribed material includes an unauthorized inscription,
word, figure, mark, or design that is written, marked, etched, scratched,
drawn, or painted on real or personal property.
New January 2006; Revised June 2007, February 2013, August 2013, September
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
- Content hash
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