Is there a fine line that can divide a significant or substantial injury from an injury that does not quite meet the description?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Santos, E065824 (Cal. App. 2017):

" ' "A fine line can divide an injury from being significant or substantial from an injury that does not quite meet the description." ' [Citations.] Where to draw that line is for the jury to decide." (People v. Cross, supra, 45 Cal.4th at p. 64.) "If there is sufficient evidence to sustain the . . . finding of great bodily injury, we are bound to accept it, even though the circumstances might reasonably be reconciled with a contrary finding." (People v. Escobar (1992) 3 Cal.4th 740, 750.)

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