People v. Bruno
Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California
1Opinion of the CourtFriedman, J.
Code section 647 is the new disorderly conduct law, enacted in 1961, to replace the obsolete and partially unconstitutional vagrancy law (see In re Newbern, 53 Cal.2d 786 [3 Cal.Rptr. 364, 350 P.2d 116]). It provides in part: “Every person who commits any of the following acts shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor: .... (e) Who loiters or wanders upon the streets or from place to place without apparent reason or business and who refuses to identify himself and to account for his presence when requested by any peace officer so to do, if the surrounding circumstances are such as…
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