{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-273.86","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 273.86","heading":"","body":"The characterization of a defendant as a “spousal abuser” as defined by this chapter shall not be communicated to the trier of fact.","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 2.5. Spousal Abusers [273.8. - 273.88.]"],"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":"a07586bf17f4a588797f8973d102ff8db0b14649cfd80d078ddf5c48f03af5db","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-273.85","next":"us-ca/pen-273.87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}