California Court of Appeal

Conviction of defendant for indecent exposure and annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18 is affirmed as Penal Code section 646.7(a)(1) criminalized the offensive conduct, whether or not a particular child was the perpetrator's target, and to conclude otherwise, that a defendant can annoy or molest any child simply because he has not focused his actions on any particular child, makes no sense and would undermine the purpose of the statute to protect all children from sexual predators.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/05/2010
• Published 10/05/2010

Judges

• WOODS

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linn Davis, Steve Cooley