California Penal Code §245a4

Assault by Means Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury (GBI)

It is a crime in California to assault a person using force that is likely to inflict on that person great bodily injury.

Great bodily injury is a serious injury such as broken bones, deep cut, a pierced organ, gunshot wound.

California Code, Penal Code – PEN § 245a4

(4) Any person who commits an assault upon the person of another by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail for not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.