California Penal Code – Analysis of Crimes by Section Number

If your passions get the best of you and an intimate partner while out and about in Ventura County, California and you have sex in public, you could be charged and convicted for violations of California law. Disorderly Conduct California law makes it a form of disorderly conduct to engage “in lewd or dissolute conduct ...

Nevada law as to lewd conduct offenses is generally modeled upon California law. But Nevada’s statutes cast a wider net and impose harsher punishments. 1. What is California’s lewd conduct law? Penal Code 647a PC is the California statute on lewd conduct in public. The law prohibits people from touching themselves sexually while in public ...

Staged accidents are just that — “accidents” that are staged. Often orchestrated by sophisticated crime rings, these intentional collisions are planned to make it look like an insured driver is at fault when, in reality, the insured driver was “set up” by the seemingly victimized party/parties. 1. Will a party receive penalties for staging an ...

Unlike some other states, California’s gun laws require that all private party gun transfers be brokered through a licensed California gun dealer. If you don’t participate in this type of necessary exchange, a prosecutor can charge you with a crime. The facts of the case will dictate which California gun law(s) prosecutors will accuse you ...