Legal Opinion

People v. Rylaarsdam

Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California

Decided February 17, 1982No. Crim. A. No. 18167; Crim. A. No. 18124PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

FOSTER, Acting P. J.

Penal Code, section 647, subdivision (a) provides: “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.” In Pryor v. Municipal Court (1979) 25 Cal.3d 238 [158 Cal.Rptr. 330, 599 P.2d 636], this subdivision was challenged on the ground that the term “lewd or dissolute conduct” is unconstitutionally vague. The Supreme Court *Supp. 5agreed, but held: “If,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Stoner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. People v. LentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. BeamonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Pryor v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  2. People v. AvolAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1987
  3. Nunez v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  4. Ghameshlouy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009
  5. Ghameshlouy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2009

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