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In Riverside Or Orange County, What's PC 243(c)(1) / Battery On A Custodial Officer / Medical Personnel With Injury?

Posted in Assault FAQ'S on February 4, 2015

What is PC 243(c)(1) / Battery on a Custodial Officer / Medical Personnel with Injury?

PC 243(c)(1) is commonly known as Battery on a Custodial Officer or Medical Personnel with Injury in California.

To prove that a defendant is guilty of PC 243(c)(1) the prosecutor must prove five things:

(1) The defendant willfully and unlawfully touched the custodial officer or medical personnel in a harmful or offensive manner;
(2) When the defendant acted, the person battered was a custodial officer, medical personnel or other protected person and was performing his or her legal duties;
(3) When the defendant acted, he/she knew, or reasonably should have known, that the custodial officer or medical personnel was performing his or her duties;
(4) The custodial officer or medical personnel suffered injury as a result of the touching;
AND
(5) The defendant did not act in self-defense or defense of someone else.
Custodial Officer

The touching can be done indirectly by causing an object to touch the other person.

If you or a family member has been arrested for PC 243(c)(1) / Battery on a custodial officer / personnel with injury , call me at (951) 667-5293 if you live in Riverside County or (714) 758-5293 in Orange County.