Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Cal. Penal Code § 158
Other Offenses Against Public Justice
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 4 Cal. 4th 1187 - Rubin v. Green (1993)
Most recently applied in 107 Cal. App. 4th 1009 - Drum v. Bleau, Fox & Associates (April 2003)
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 246
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