CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3176
Sex Offenses: Sentencing Factors—Aggravated Mayhem
(Pen. Code, § 667.61(d)(3))
If you find the defendant guilty of the crime[s] charged in Count[s]
<insert counts charging sex offense[s] from Pen. Code, § 667.61(c)>,
you must then decide whether[, for each crime,] the People have proved
the additional allegation that, while committing that crime, the defendant
also committed aggravated mayhem. [Y ou must decide whether the
People have proved this allegation for each crime and return a separate
finding for each crime.]
To prove this allegation, the People must prove that:
1. During the commission of the crime, the defendant unlawfully
and maliciously (disabled or disfigured someone permanently/ [or]
deprived someone else of a limb, organ, or other part of (his/her)
body);
2. When the defendant acted, (he/she) intended to (permanently
disable or disfigure the other person/ [or] deprive the other
person of a limb, organ, or other part of (his/her) body);
AND
3. Under the circumstances, the defendant’s act showed extreme
indifference to the physical or psychological well-being of the
other person.
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.
[A disfiguring injury may be permanent even if it can be repaired by
medical procedures.]
[The People do not have to prove that the defendant intended to kill.]
<If there is an issue in the case over whether the mayhem was committed
“during the commission of” the offense, see Bench Notes.>
The People have the burden of proving each allegation beyond a
reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find
that the allegation has not been proved.
New January 2006
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- calcrim-2023
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