CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2953
Cruelty to Animals (Pen. Code, § 597(a))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with cruelty to animals [in
violation of Penal Code section 597(a)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant (maimed[,]/ [or] mutilated[,]/ [or] tortured[,]/ [or]
wounded[,]/ [or] killed) a living animal);
AND
2. The defendant acted maliciously.
[Torture means every act, failure to act, or neglect that causes or permits
unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering.]
[Maiming means disabling or disfiguring an animal permanently or
depriving it of a limb, organ, or other part of the body.]
Someone acts maliciously when he or she intentionally does a wrongful
act or when he or she acts with the unlawful intent to disturb, annoy, or
injure an animal.
New August 2012; Revised February 2014
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
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