Section 1170.8 Of Article 1. Initial Sentencing From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The fact that a robbery or an assault with a deadly
weapon or instrument or by means of any force likely to produce great
bodily injury was committed against a person while that person was
in a church, synagogue, or building owned and occupied by a religious
educational institution, or any other place primarily used as a
place of worship where religious services are regularly conducted,
shall be considered a circumstance in aggravation of the crime in
imposing a term under subdivision (b) of Section 1170.
(b) Upon conviction of any person for a violation of Section 451
or 453, the fact that the person intentionally burned, or intended to
burn, a church, synagogue, or building owned and occupied by a
religious educational institution, or any other place primarily used
as a place of worship where religious services are regularly
conducted, shall be considered a circumstance in aggravation of the
crime in imposing a term under subdivision (b) of Section 1170.