What is the test for serious bodily injury under section 243 of the California Civil Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bailey, D064758 (Cal. App. 2015):
three or four years)." (People v. Hawkins (1993) 15 Cal.App.4th 1373, 1375, fn. omitted.) Subdivision (f)(4) of section 243 defines "serious bodily injury" to mean "a serious impairment of physical condition, including, but not limited to, the following: loss of consciousness; concussion; bone fracture; protracted loss or impairment of function of any body member or organ; a wound requiring extensive suturing; and serious disfigurement."
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