If you were caught in a lewd
act in public, it can be embarrassing as well as punishable according to the
Penal Code 647A of California.
Committing a lewd act in
public is defined as someone who deliberately touched what is considered to be
a private part on themselves or someone else, with the intent to arouse, upset
or annoy the other party. The act has to unfold in the presence of someone else
and the lawbreaker has to know that what he or she did would have upset an
onlooker.
As a misdemeanor, someone
who is guilty could be fined to probation, visiting a counselor and also taking
a HIV test. At times jail time will be ordered, as well as other payable fines.
In the State of California,
many times individuals will be set up by undercover officials, or even someone
they may know. That’s why it is important to contact a lawyer once you’ve been
arrested.
