Kidnapping Laws (PC 207/209) in California
California Penal Code 207: Kidnapping Legal Definition: Every person who forcibly, or by any other means of instilling fear, steals or takes, or holds, detains,…
Serious/Violent Crimes
Resisting, Obstructing, or Delaying Arrest Laws (PC 148(a)(1)) in California
I. California Penal Code 148(a)(1): Resisting, Obstructing, or Delaying Arrest Legal Definition: Every person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace…
Preventing or Dissuading a Witness from Testifying Laws (PC 136.1(a)/137(b)) in California
California Penal Code 136.1(a)/137(b): Preventing or Dissuading a Witness from Testifying/Make a Report This can be shown in one of several ways: Legal Definition:…
Robbery Laws (PC 211/212.5) in California
California Penal Code 211: Robbery Legal Definition: Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or…
Burglary Laws (PC 459/460) in California
California Penal Code 459/460: Burglary Legal Definition: Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or…
Battery Laws (PC 242/243(d)/243(e)(1)) in California
California Penal Code 242/243(D)/243(E)(1): Battery Legal Definition: A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another….