Cal. Penal Code § 415

OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case Eberle v. City of Anaheim (1990)

Most recently applied in Susan Porter v. Kelly Martinez (April 2023)

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 283

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Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or both such imprisonment and fine:

(1) Any person who unlawfully fights in a public place or challenges another person in a public place to fight.

(2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another person by loud and unreasonable noise.

(3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.

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