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Los Angeles & Pasadena Criminal Attorneys 1-866-548-2529 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Since losing the OJ. Simpson case, prosecutors have zealously pursued persons accused of domestic violence. Penal Code Section 273.5 Most persons are arrested under penal code section 273.5, "Willful Infliction of Corporal Injury." The statute states in relevant part: "Any person who willfully inflicts upon a peson who is his or her spouse, former spoiuse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or fat her of his or her child, corporatl injury resuoting ina traumatic condition, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviciton thereof shall be punished by imprisonment int he conviciton thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of up to six thousand dollars or by both that fine and imprisonment. Penal Code Section 243(e)(1) Many other persons are charged under penal code section 243(e)(1) which states in relevant part: "When a battery is committed against a spouse, a person with whom the defendant is cohabiting, a person who is the parent of the defendant's child, former spouse, fiance, or fiancee, or a person with whom the defendant currently has or has previously had, a dating or engagement relationship, the battery is punishable by a fine not exceeind two thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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