CALCRIM No. 2902

The defendant is charged [in Count] with (taking down[,]/ [or]

removing [,]/ [or] damaging[,]/ [or] disconnecting/ [or] cutting/[or]

obstructing/severing/making an unauthorized connection to) a (telegraph/

telephone/cable television/electrical) line [in violation of Penal Code

section 591].

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

prove that:

<Alternative 1A—removed, damaged, or obstructed>

[1. The defendant unlawfully (took down[,]/ [or] removed[,]/ [or]

damaged[,]/ [or] obstructed/ [or] disconnected/ [or] cut) [part of] a

(telegraph/telephone/cable television/electrical) line [or mechanical

equipment connected to the line];]

<Alternative 1B—severed>

[1. The defendant unlawfully severed a wire of a (telegraph/telephone/

cable television/electrical) line;]

<Alternative 1C—unauthorized connection>

[1. The defendant unlawfully made an unauthorized connection with

[part of] a line used to conduct electricity [or mechanical equipment

connected to the line];]

AND

2. The defendant did so maliciously.

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.

[As used here, mechanical equipment includes a telephone.]

New January 2006; Revised August 2015, September 2019