Is it a specific intent crime for a defendant to commit a false imprisonment?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Olivencia, 204 Cal.App.3d 1391, 251 Cal.Rptr. 880 (Cal. App. 1988):

Finally, defendants cite People v. Haney (1977) 75 Cal.App.3d 308, 142 Cal.Rptr. 186, which states that in order to establish any false imprisonment (felony or misdemeanor) "The acts must be done, the words must be said, with the intent of causing the confinement." (Id. at p. 313, 142 Cal.Rptr. 186.) Admittedly, this characterization of the offense suggests it is a specific intent crime since it refers to an "additional consequence" the perpetrator intends to achieve.

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