Crimes and public offenses include:
1. Felonies;
2. Misdemeanors; and
3. Infractions.
Cal. Penal Code § 16
THE ACT
Known as the The Penal Code
The act spans §§ 1–24 (34 sections).
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 22 Cal. 3d 760 - Tracy v. Municipal Court (1978)
Most recently applied in 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 337 - People v. Fews (September 2018)
Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1192.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.