California Penal Code TITLE 1 - OF PERSONS LIABLE TO PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME

• Section 25.
  (a) The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished. In a criminal action, as well as any juvenile court proceeding, evidence concerning an accused person’s intoxication,...
• Section 26.
  All persons are capable of committing crimes except those belonging to the following classes:One—Children under the age of 14, in the absence of clear proof...
• Section 27.
  (a) The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of this state:(1) All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime within this...
• Section 28.
  (a) Evidence of mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder shall not be admitted to show or negate the capacity to form any mental state, including,...
• Section 29.
  In the guilt phase of a criminal action, any expert testifying about a defendant’s mental illness, mental disorder, or mental defect shall not testify as...
• Section 29.2.
  (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,...
• Section 29.4.
  (a) No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication is less criminal by reason of his or her having been in...
• Section 29.8.
  In any criminal proceeding in which a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity is entered, this defense shall not be found by the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018