THE ACT
Known as the The Penal Code
The act spans §§ 1–24 (34 sections).
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case 5 Cal. 4th 1067 - People v. Broussard (1993)
Most recently applied in 191 Cal. App. 4th 859 - People v. Sharret (January 2011)
Enacted 1872.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments:
1. Death;
2. Imprisonment;
3. Fine;
4. Removal from office; or,
5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this State.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.