CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1162
Soliciting Lewd Conduct in Public (Pen. Code, § 647(a))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with soliciting another
person to engage in lewd conduct in public [in violation of Penal Code
section 647(a)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant requested [or <insert other synonyms
for “solicit,” as appropriate>] that another person engage in the
touching of ((his/her) own/ [or] another person’s) (genitals[,]/ [or]
buttocks[,]/ [or] female breast);
2. The defendant requested that the other person engage in the
requested conduct in (a public place/ [or] a place open to the
public [or in public view]);
3. When the defendant made the request, (he/she) was in (a public
place/ [or] a place open to the public [or in public view]);
4. The defendant intended for the conduct to occur in (a public
place/ [or] a place open to the public [or in public view]);
5. When the defendant made the request, (he/she) did so with the
intent to sexually arouse or gratify (himself/herself) or another
person, or to annoy or offend another person;
[AND]
6. The defendant knew or reasonably should have known that
someone was likely to be present who could be offended by the
requested conduct(;/.)
<Give element 7 when instructing that person solicited must receive
message; see Bench Notes.>
[AND
7. The other person received the communication containing the
request.]
Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on
purpose.
[As used here, a public place is a place that is open and accessible to
anyone who wishes to go there.]
New January 2006; Revised August 2006, December 2008, September 2017, March
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2023
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