San Bernardino Lewd Conduct Defense Attorney

Pre-charge Investigation-Lewd Conduct

Are you being investigated by San Bernardino law enforcement for Lewd Conduct. It is vitally important that you do not talk to law enforcement without the presence of an experienced San Bernardino criminal defense attorney present at the time of questioning. Many times individuals will hire a San Bernardino criminal defense attorney to represent them during a Lewd Conduct investigation. Law enforcement is trying to build a case against you and the easiest way to do this is by talking to you directly. Call our San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga and California Lewd Conduct lawyer today to discuss pre-charge representation.

Rancho Cucamonga Lewd Conduct Attorney

There are serious consequences to a Lewd Conduct conviction in the state of California. We are a San Bernardino based criminal defense law office that is dedicated to assisting individuals accused of Lewd Conduct throughout the state of California, San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Chino, Riverside, and Los Angeles county. We always offer a FREE San Bernardino Lewd Conduct consultation. Call today and discuss your California Lewd Conduct case with our San Bernaridno Criminal defense attorney today.

California Penal Code 647

California Penal Code 647 is a large and varying penal code statute. You may be investigated or charged under the various sections of California Penal Code 647. You should consult with a California Lewd Conduct lawyer to determine defenses and possible Lewd Conduct charges. Call today for a FREE Lewd Conduct Consultation throughout California.

Here is the entire statute of California Penal Code 647

	
		Every person who commits any of the following acts is guilty
		

		of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor:
		

		(a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
		

		dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
		

		public or exposed to public view.
		

		(b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
		

		act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
		

		prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
		

		manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage,
		

		regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person
		

		who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No
		

		agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
		

		violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
		

		agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
		

		of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
		

		act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
		

		act between persons for money or other consideration.
		

		(c) Who accosts other persons in any public place or in any place
		

		open to the public for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms.
		

		(d) Who loiters in or about any toilet open to the public for the
		

		purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any
		

		unlawful act.
		

		(e) Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place,
		

		whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or
		

		person entitled to the possession or in control of it.
		

		(f) Who is found in any public place under the influence of
		

		intoxicating liquor, any drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any
		

		combination of any intoxicating liquor, drug, controlled substance,
		

		or toluene, in a condition that he or she is unable to exercise care
		

		for his or her own safety or the safety of others, or by reason of
		

		his or her being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any
		

		drug, controlled substance, toluene, or any combination of any
		

		intoxicating liquor, drug, or toluene, interferes with or obstructs
		

		or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or other public
		

		way.
		

		(g) When a person has violated subdivision (f), a peace officer,
		

		if he or she is reasonably able to do so, shall place the person, or
		

		cause him or her to be placed, in civil protective custody. The
		

		person shall be taken to a facility, designated pursuant to Section
		

		5170 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the 72-hour treatment
		

		and evaluation of inebriates. A peace officer may place a person in
		

		civil protective custody with that kind and degree of force which
		

		would be lawful were he or she effecting an arrest for a misdemeanor
		

		without a warrant. No person who has been placed in civil protective
		

		custody shall thereafter be subject to any criminal prosecution or
		

		juvenile court proceeding based on the facts giving rise to this
		

		placement. This subdivision shall not apply to the following persons:
		

		

		(1) Any person who is under the influence of any drug, or under
		

		the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.
		

		(2) Any person who a peace officer has probable cause to believe
		

		has committed any felony, or who has committed any misdemeanor in
		

		addition to subdivision (f).
		

		(3) Any person who a peace officer in good faith believes will
		

		attempt escape or will be unreasonably difficult for medical
		

		personnel to control.
		

		(h) Who loiters, prowls, or wanders upon the private property of
		

		another, at any time, without visible or lawful business with the
		

		owner or occupant. As used in this subdivision, "loiter" means to
		

		delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property
		

		and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be
		

		discovered.
		

		(i) Who, while loitering, prowling, or wandering upon the private
		

		property of another, at any time, peeks in the door or window of any
		

		inhabited building or structure, without visible or lawful business
		

		with the owner or occupant.
		

		(j) (1) Any person who looks through a hole or opening, into, or
		

		otherwise views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not
		

		limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camera, motion
		

		picture camera, or camcorder, the interior of a bedroom, bathroom,
		

		changing room, fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the
		

		interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable
		

		expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a
		

		person or persons inside. This subdivision shall not apply to those
		

		areas of a private business used to count currency or other
		

		negotiable instruments.
		

		(2) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
		

		camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
		

		film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
		

		identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that
		

		other person, for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the
		

		undergarments worn by, that other person, without the consent or
		

		knowledge of that other person, with the intent to arouse, appeal to,
		

		or gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person and
		

		invade the privacy of that other person, under circumstances in which
		

		the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
		

		(3) (A) Any person who uses a concealed camcorder, motion picture
		

		camera, or photographic camera of any type, to secretly videotape,
		

		film, photograph, or record by electronic means, another,
		

		identifiable person who may be in a state of full or partial undress,
		

		for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn
		

		by, that other person, without the consent or knowledge of that other
		

		person, in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room,
		

		fitting room, dressing room, or tanning booth, or the interior of any
		

		other area in which that other person has a reasonable expectation
		

		of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of that other
		

		person.
		

		(B) Neither of the following is a defense to the crime specified
		

		in this paragraph:
		

		(i) The defendant was a cohabitant, landlord, tenant, cotenant,
		

		employer, employee, or business partner or associate of the victim,
		

		or an agent of any of these.
		

		(ii) The victim was not in a state of full or partial undress.
		

		(k) In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
		

		(b), if the defendant has been once previously convicted of a
		

		violation of that subdivision, the previous conviction shall be
		

		charged in the accusatory pleading. If the previous conviction is
		

		found to be true by the jury, upon a jury trial, or by the court,
		

		upon a court trial, or is admitted by the defendant, the defendant
		

		shall be imprisoned in a county jail for a period of not less than 45
		

		days and shall not be eligible for release upon completion of
		

		sentence, on probation, on parole, on work furlough or work release,
		

		or on any other basis until he or she has served a period of not less
		

		than 45 days in a county jail. In all cases in which probation is
		

		granted, the court shall require as a condition thereof that the
		

		person be confined in a county jail for at least 45 days. In no event
		

		does the court have the power to absolve a person who violates this
		

		subdivision from the obligation of spending at least 45 days in
		

		confinement in a county jail.
		

		In any accusatory pleading charging a violation of subdivision
		

		(b), if the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times
		

		of a violation of that subdivision, each of these previous
		

		convictions shall be charged in the accusatory pleading. If two or
		

		more of these previous convictions are found to be true by the jury,
		

		upon a jury trial, or by the court, upon a court trial, or are
		

		admitted by the defendant, the defendant shall be imprisoned in a
		

		county jail for a period of not less than 90 days and shall not be
		

		eligible for release upon completion of sentence, on probation, on
		

		parole, on work furlough or work release, or on any other basis until
		

		he or she has served a period of not less than 90 days in a county
		

		jail. In all cases in which probation is granted, the court shall
		

		require as a condition thereof that the person be confined in a
		

		county jail for at least 90 days. In no event does the court have the
		

		power to absolve a person who violates this subdivision from the
		

		obligation of spending at least 90 days in confinement in a county
		

		jail.
		

		In addition to any punishment prescribed by this section, a court
		

		may suspend, for not more than 30 days, the privilege of the person
		

		to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13201.5 of the Vehicle
		

		Code for any violation of subdivision (b) that was committed within
		

		1,000 feet of a private residence and with the use of a vehicle. In
		

		lieu of the suspension, the court may order a person's privilege to
		

		operate a motor vehicle restricted, for not more than six months, to
		

		necessary travel to and from the person's place of employment or
		

		education. If driving a motor vehicle is necessary to perform the
		

		duties of the person's employment, the court may also allow the
		

		person to drive in that person's scope of employment.