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Cal. Penal Code § 29.2
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Title 1: Of Persons Liable to Punishment for Crime, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 29.2
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
(a) The intent or intention is manifested by the circumstances connected with the offense. (b) In the guilt phase of a criminal action or a juvenile adjudication hearing, evidence that the accused lacked the capacity or ability to control his or her conduct for any reason shall not be admissible on the issue of whether the accused actually had any mental state with respect to the commission of any crime. This subdivision is not applicable to Section 26.
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