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CALCRIM No. 1155

Prostitution: Agreeing to Engage in Act (Pen. Code,

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

§ 647(b))

The defendant is charged [in Count] with agreeing to engage in

an act of prostitution [in violation of Penal Code section 647(b)].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant agreed to engage in an act of prostitution with

someone else;

2. The defendant intended to engage in an act of prostitution with

that person;

AND

3. In addition to agreeing, the defendant did something to further

the commission of an act of prostitution.

A person engages in an act of prostitution if he or she has sexual

intercourse or does a lewd act with someone else in exchange for money

[or other compensation]. A lewd act means touching the genitals,

buttocks, or female breast of either the prostitute or customer with some

part of the other person’s body for the purpose of sexual arousal or

gratification.

[The conduct that furthers the commission of the act of prostitution may

happen before, after, or at the same time as the agreement to engage in

prostitution.]

New January 2006

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Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
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0009d7a20fed260ab429e5046da6d6f2c30296fcefd900810e8cd5e5b7b10f93
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