California · Penal Code

PEN §243.15: Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual

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What this law says, in plain English

A confined or sentenced person who commits battery against someone not confined is a public offense punishable by imprisonment under Section 1170(h) or up to one year in county jail.

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Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a sentence in, a city or county jail, industrial farm, or industrial road camp in this state, who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense and is subject to punishment by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

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