§ 210.5
False imprisonment as shield or to avoid arrest
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Every person who commits the offense of false imprisonment, as defined in Section 236, against a person for purposes of protection from arrest, which substantially increases the risk of harm to the victim, or for purposes of using the person as a shield is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for three, five, or eight years.
History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 284. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
Simplified explanation
False imprisonment of a person to protect against arrest, substantially increasing risk of harm, or to use as a shield, is punishable under subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for three, five, or eight years.