Transcript Crimes Against Public Decency, Morality, and the Peace

Crimes Against Public
Decency, Morality,
and the Peace
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Copyright, 2000 Charles L. Feer
Prostitution
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Any lewd act between persons
for money or other consideration.
Lewd means any type of sexual act.
Any type of consideration will suffice.
Soliciting - offering to buy / sell sexual services.
Pimping - deriving economic benefit from
prostitution.
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Indecent Exposure
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Willfully & lewdly exposing one’s private
parts in a public place.
Lewdly - means with a specific intent to
direct public attention to one’s genitals for
the purpose of sexual arousal or
gratification.
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Obscenity
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Roth Test: If to an average person,
applying contemporary community
standards, the material taken as a whole
appeals to the prurient interest and
without redeeming social value.
Miller Test: Same as above, and is patently
offensive, lacking literary, artistic, political
or scientific value.
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Unlawful Assembly
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Two or more persons
Assemble
To do an unlawful act
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Riot
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Use of, or threat of, immediate force or
violence
Disturbing the public peace
Acting together without authority of law
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Rout
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Attempting to Riot
Committing an act which would constitute
a riot.
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Disturbing the Peace
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Fighting in a public place or challenging to
fight.
Disturbing another with loud or
unreasonable noise.
Using offensive words that create a clear
and present danger of provoking
immediate violence.
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Public Intoxication
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Intoxicated by drugs/alcohol
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In a public place
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Unable to care for yourself
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Danger to others
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Other Drug & Alcohol Crimes
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Purchase by and sale to minors
Child Endangerment
Operating a vehicle
Possession (Personal Use vs. Sales)
Paraphernalia, Manufacture, Cultivating.
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