Penal Code - PEN
PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187 - 248]
( Title 8 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2. Mayhem [203 - 206.1]
( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. ) 205.
A person is guilty of aggravated mayhem when he or she unlawfully, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the physical or psychological well-being of another person, intentionally causes permanent disability or disfigurement of another human being or deprives a human being of a limb, organ, or member of his or her body. For purposes of this section, it is not necessary to prove an intent to kill. Aggravated mayhem is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 785, Sec. 1.)