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Cal. Penal Code § 404

OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Schlamp v. State (2006)

Most recently applied in 710 F. Supp. 2d 1024 - Zepeda v. Uribe (April 2010)

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 132, Sec. 1

(a) Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two or more persons acting together, and without authority of law, is a riot.

(b) As used in this section, disturbing the public peace may occur in any place of confinement. Place of confinement means any state prison, county jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or any city jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or any juvenile hall, juvenile camp, juvenile ranch, or juvenile forestry camp.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.