What is the test for an individual to be found guilty of grievous bodily harm?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hargis, Consolidated Cases No. F067352, Consolidated Cases No. F068398, F067598 (Cal. App. 2015):
'is a question of degree and depends upon the facts and circumstances of a particular case.' [Citation.]" (People v. Watkins (2012) 55 Cal.4th 999, 1021.) "[T]he act must represent '"some appreciable fragment of the crime."' [Citations.]" (Ibid.)
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