Prosecution Of Corporal Injury On A Child

California Corporal Injury on a Child Prosecution – Penal Code section 273d

To prove that the defendant is guilty of the crime of corporal injury on a child in California, the prosecution must prove that:

1. The defendant willfully inflicted cruel or inhuman physical punishment and/or an injury on a child; and
2. The punishment and/or injury inflicted by the defendant caused a traumatic physical condition to the child.

The law defines a traumatic physical condition as a wound or other bodily injury, whether minor or serious, caused by the direct application of physical force. A punishment or injury caused a traumatic physical condition if:

1. The traumatic condition was the natural and probable consequence of the punishment or injury;
   1. A natural and probable consequence is one that a reasonable person would know is likely to happen if nothing unusual intervenes.
2. The punishment or injury was a direct and substantial factor in causing the condition; and
   1. A substantial factor is more than a trivial or remote factor. However, it does not need to be the only factor that caused the traumatic condition.
3. The condition would not have happened without the punishment or injury.

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