Tag Archives: CC 511


The Huge Impact of A Tiny Two-Letter Word
October 15th, 2020

In this March 10, 2020 post FORECITE discussed the CALCRIM instructions which define great bodily injury as a “significant or substantial physical injury … that is greater than minor or moderate harm.” The post suggested, in reliance on People v. Medellin (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 519, 533- 535 that — as argued by the prosecutor in […]


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Provocation Does Not Require Single Incident Qualifying As Provocation
July 27th, 2015

  CC 511 states that sufficient provocation may occur over a short period of time or over a long period of time. Thus, provocation may exist even though there was not a single incident qualifying as sufficient provocation. For example, malice may be negated by a long period of minor events, culminating in sufficient provocation. […]


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