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Cal. Penal Code § 4501.5 (2026)
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Every person confined in a state prison of this state who commits a battery upon the person of any individual who is not himself a person confined therein shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for two, three, or four years, to be served consecutively.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 80
cases (36 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: People v. Chacon, 447 P.2d 106 (Cal. 1968).
People v. Chacon, 447 P.2d 106 (Cal. 1968). “Code, § 245). Meyers had been convicted of aggravated assault by a nonlife termer (Pen.”
People v. Bordelon, 162 Cal. App. 4th 1311 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). “Code, § 211), and found by the jury to have previously been convicted of second degree robbery, and of battery by a prisoner on a nonconfined person (Pen. Code, § 4501.5). He was sentenced to 11 years in prison, representing the midterm of three years for the robbery conviction,…”
People v. Bowers, 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 11423 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “In December 2001, defendant Edith Ann Bowers was found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI) of two counts of battery on correctional officers (Pen. Code, § 4501.5). 1 The court committed Bowers to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for a maximum period of incarceration of…”
People v. Barnum, 64 P.3d 788 (Cal. 2003). “I The People charged defendant Mark Barnum, an inmate at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County, with battery on a noninmate (Pen. Code, § 4501.5) and obstruction of an executive officer (id.”
United States v. Lesester D. McDougherty AKA Lester Johnson, 920 F.2d 569 (9th Cir. 1990). “The two predicate crimes of violence which the district court used to assign McDougherty career offender status were battery (in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 4501.5 ) and robbery (in violation of Cal.”
People v. Washington, 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6450 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994). “Donald Washington, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, appeals from his convictions of battery by an inmate on a noninmate (Pen. Code, § 4501.5), resisting arrest (Pen.”
People v. Dorado, 398 P.2d 361 (Cal. 1965). “Code, § 4501) and battery *361 by a prisoner not undergoing a life sentence (Pen. Code, § 4501.5.) (3) That the jury consider the possible alternative of finding defendant guilty of murder (Pen.”
People v. Jefferson, 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5249 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “*511 PROCEDURAL HISTORY By amended information, the People charged defendant with three counts of committing a battery on three correctional officers (Pen. Code, § 4501.5; all undesignated section references are to the Penal Code), and two counts of aggravated battery by gassing…”
People v. Nudd, 524 P.2d 844 (Cal. 1974). “(Pen. Code, § 4501.5.) The Attorney General asserts that the legitimate and compelling interest of the prison officials in determining the reasons for physical resistance by an inmate outweighed defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, citing People v.”
People v. Robinson, 199 Cal. App. 4th 707 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “SUMMARY Defendant Lamar Robinson was charged with battery on a correctional officer (Pen. Code, § 4501.5) and with two prior conviction enhancements (Pen.”
People v. Myers, 148 Cal. App. 3d 699 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). “(Pen. Code, § 4501.5.) He was sentenced to the aggravated term of four years in state prison.”
Love v. Scribner, 691 F. Supp. 2d 1215 (S.D. Cal. 2010). “The Jury Selection On December 4, 2002, the Imperial County District Attorney filed an information charging Alfredrick Love with two counts of battery on a non-confined person by a prisoner in violation of California Penal Code section 4501.5 for his attacks against Sergeant…”
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