Defensa por Transmisión Intencional de VIH/SIDA Código Penal de California § 120290California Penal Code § 120290

¿Qué constituye una violación del Código de Salud y Seguridad § 120291?

Health & Safety Code § 120291 makes it a crime to intentionally transmit HIVS or AIDS to another person.

To be convicted under Health & Safety Code § 120291, all of the following must be proven:

The defendant knows that he or she or a third party is afflicted with an infectious or communicable disease.

The defendant acts with the specific intent to transmit or cause an afflicted third party to transmit that disease to another person.

The defendant or the afflicted third party engages in conduct that poses a substantial risk of transmission to that person.

The defendant or the third party transmits the infectious or communicable disease to the other person.

If exposure occurs through interaction with the defendant and not a third party, the person exposed to the disease during voluntary interaction with the defendant did not know that the defendant was afflicted with the disease. A person’s interaction with the defendant is not involuntary solely on the basis of his or her lack of knowledge that the defendant was afflicted with the disease.

What is the punishment for a violation of Health & Safety Code § 120291?

Una violación del Código de Salud y Seguridad § 120291 es un delito grave punible con encarcelamiento de hasta seis años en prisión.felony punishable by imprisonment by up to six years in prison.

What are defenses to Health & Safety Code § 120291?

You did not know that you had HIV or AIDS

You did not intend to transmit that disease to another person

You did not have HIV or AIDS

You used practical means of protection to prevent transmission to the other person

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Defensa por Transmisión Intencional de VIH/SIDA Código Penal de California § 120290California Penal Code § 120290

¿Qué constituye una violación del Código de Salud y Seguridad § 120291?

Health & Safety Code § 120291 makes it a crime to intentionally transmit HIVS or AIDS to another person.

What is the punishment for a violation of Health & Safety Code § 120291?

What are defenses to Health & Safety Code § 120291?

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