CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 917
Insulting Words Are Not a Defense
Words, no matter how offensive, and acts that are not threatening, are
not enough to justify an assault or battery.
[However, if you conclude that <insert name> spoke or
acted in a way that threatened <insert name of defendant or
third party allegedly threatened> with immediate harm [or an unlawful
touching]/ [or] great bodily injury/ [or] trespass on land/ [or] trespass
against goods], you may consider that evidence in deciding whether
<insert name of defendant> acted in (self-defense/ [or]
defense of others).]
New January 2006
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- courts.ca.gov
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- 2026-08-20
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- calcrim-2020
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