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Cal. Penal Code § 593a

Malicious Injuries to Railroad Bridges, Highways, Bridges, and Telegraphs

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 52 Cal. App. 4th 380 - People v. Gutierrez (1997)

Most recently applied in 52 Cal. App. 4th 380 - People v. Gutierrez (January 1997)

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1132, Sec. 1

(a) Every person who maliciously drives or places, in any tree, saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood, any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws, knowing that the tree is intended to be harvested or that the saw-log, shingle-bolt, or other wood is intended to be manufactured into any kind of lumber or other wood product, is guilty of a felony.

(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) and causes bodily injury to another person other than an accomplice shall, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for that felony, be punished by an additional prison term of three years.

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