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Section 18-5001 – MAYHEM DEFINED.

18-5001. MAYHEM DEFINED. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures or renders it useless, or cuts out or disables the tongue, puts out an eye, slits the nose, ear or lip, is guilty of mayhem. History: [18-5001, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, […]

Section 18-5002 – PUNISHMENT FOR MAYHEM.

18-5002. PUNISHMENT FOR MAYHEM. Mayhem is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding fourteen years. History: [18-5002, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 947.]

Section 18-5003 – CANNIBALISM DEFINED — PUNISHMENT.

18-5003. CANNIBALISM DEFINED — PUNISHMENT. (1) Any person who wilfully ingests the flesh or blood of a human being is guilty of cannibalism. (2) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of the provisions of this section that the action was taken under extreme life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival. […]