{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-263","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 263","heading":"","body":"The essential guilt of rape consists in the outrage to the person and feelings of the victim of the rape. Any sexual penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","CHAPTER 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction [261. - 269.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3bedc038260ff15ba4f5b5423192ad7e18e14de37c7cd97ee6b4704372ce2053","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-261.9","next":"us-ca/pen-263.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}