Pen. Code, § 220 · Chapter 6. Assaults With Intent to Commit Felony, Other Than Assaults With Intent to Murder
Pen. Code, § 220
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who assaults another with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, oral copulation, or any violation of Section 264.1, 288, or 289 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who assaults another person under 18 years of age with the intent to commit rape, sodomy, oral copulation, or any violation of Section 264.1, 288, or 289 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for five, seven, or nine years.
(b) Any person who, in the commission of a burglary of the first degree, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 460, assaults another with intent to commit rape, sodomy, oral copulation, or any violation of Section 264.1, 288, or 289 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 219, Sec. 2. (AB 1844) Effective September 9, 2010. Note: This section was amended on Nov. 7, 2006, by initiative Prop. 83.
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Cited by 43 provisions
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Business and Professions Code
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 290.008Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 667.5Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 667.6Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 679.02Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 784.7Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 868.5Printed as Section 211, 215, 220, 236.1, 240, 242, 243.4, 245, 261, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266d, 266e, 266f, 266g, 266h, 266i, 266j, 266k, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 273.6, 278, 278.5, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.
- Pen. Code, § 868.8Printed as Section 220, 236.1, 243.4, 261, 269, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 288.7, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 1001.21Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1001.36Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1001.80Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1170.86Printed as Section 220, 261, 261.5, 264.1, or 266j
- Pen. Code, § 1192.7Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.055Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.06Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.065Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.066Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.075Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.08Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1203.09Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 1324.2Printed as Section 220, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 286, 287, 288, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 1346Printed as Section 220, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 269, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 288.7, 289, or 647.6
- Pen. Code, § 1347.5Printed as Section 220, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 1524.1Printed as Section 220, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266c, 269, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 289, or 289.5
- Pen. Code, § 1601Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 2910.5Printed as Sections 207, 210.5, 214, 217.1, or 220
- Pen. Code, § 3057Printed as Section 203, 207, 211, 215, 217.1, or 220
- Pen. Code, § 11160Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 12022.3Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 12022.53Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 12022.8Printed as Section 220
- Pen. Code, § 13012.7Printed as Sections 220, 266j
- Pen. Code, § 13750Printed as Section 220, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266c, 269, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 289, or 647.6
- Pen. Code, § 13837Printed as Section 220, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266c, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 647.6
- Pen. Code, § 14205Printed as Section 220, 261.5, 273a, 273d, or 273.5
Welfare and Institutions Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6500Printed as Section 220 of the Penal Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600Printed as Section 207, 209, or 220 of the Penal Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 8103Printed as Section 220 of the Penal Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16501Printed as Section 220, 243.4, 264.1, 273d, 288, or 289 of the Penal Code
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