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Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5

Section 273.5 - Infliction of corporal injury resulting in traumatic injury upon person who is spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or parent of child
Section 273.5 - Infliction of corporal injury resulting in traumatic injury upon person who is spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or parent of child

1 Analyses of this statute by attorneys

  1. BIA: Jail time imposed after probation violation counts as original sentence; willful infliction of corporal injury of spouse is crime of violence

    University of Denver Sturm College of LawMarch 23, 2010

    Matter of Perez Ramirez, 25 I&N Dec. 203, 205 (BIA 2010) (Filppu, Cole, and Pauley). The BIA also held that California’s willful infliction of corporal injury on a spouse, Cal. Penal Code § 273.5(a), is a crime of violence type of aggravated felony. Matter of Perez Ramirez, 25 I&N Dec. at 208.