CALCRIM No. 810

The defendant is charged [in Count] with torture [in violation of

Penal Code section 206].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant inflicted great bodily injury on someone else;

AND

2. When inflicting the injury, the defendant intended to cause cruel

or extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge,

extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose.

Great bodily injury means significant or substantial physical injury. It is

an injury that is greater than moderate harm.

[It is not required that a victim actually suffer pain.]

[Someone acts for the purpose of extortion if he or she intends to (1)

obtain a person’s property with the person’s consent and (2) obtain the

person’s consent through the use of force or fear.]

[Someone acts for the purpose of extortion if he or she (1) intends to get

a public official to do an official act and (2) uses force or fear to make

the official do the act. An official act is an act that an officer does in his

or her official capacity using the authority of his or her public office.]

[Someone acts with a sadistic purpose if he or she intends to inflict pain

on someone else in order to experience pleasure himself or herself.]

New January 2006; Revised September 2020, October 2025