California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1170.8

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 929, Sec. 1.
(a)The fact that a robbery or an assault with a deadly weapon or instrument or by means of any force likely to produce great bodily injury was committed against a person while that person was in a church, synagogue, or building owned and occupied by a religious educational institution, or any other place primarily used as a place of worship where religious services are regularly conducted, shall be considered a circumstance in aggravation of the crime in imposing a term under subdivision (b) of Section 1170.
(b)Upon conviction of any person for a violation of Section 451

or 453, the fact that the person intentionally burned, or intended to burn, a church, synagogue, or building owned and occupied by a religious educational institution, or any other place primarily used as a place of worship where religious services are regularly conducted, shall be considered a circumstance in aggravation of the crime in imposing a term under subdivision (b) of Section 1170.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 1170.8 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-2-of-criminal-procedure/title-7-of-proceedings-after-the-commencement-of-the-trial-and-before-judgment/chapter-4-5-trial-court-sentencing/article-1-initial-sentencing/section-1170.8

Other sections in Article 1 - Initial Sentencing

§ 1170§ 1170.02§ 1170.05§ 1170.06§ 1170.1§ 1170.11§ 1170.12§ 1170.125§ 1170.126§ 1170.127…§ 1170.8§ 1170.81§ 1170.82§ 1170.84§ 1170.85§ 1170.86§ 1170.89§ 1170.9§ 1170.91§ 1171

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