the law also recognizes that battery crimes that inflict serious injuries must be punished severely. Under Penal Code 234(d) of California law, it is unlawful to commit any battery that inflicts serious bodily injury to someone else. The prosecutor must prove several elements to charge you under...
Serious physical harm means bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. Serious health condition means an illness, injury, impairmen...