Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Disorderly Conuct - 647(f) P.C.

You can't be both 'charged' and 'no appearance required'. Either you were released without being charged, or you were charged and a court date will be set. You better check out the situation, to avoid missing a court date if one is set. If you need counsel to represent you in court, contact me.

Re: Disorderly Conduct - 647(f) P.C.

Thank you for your posting to lawguru.com. Penal Code 647(f) is typically a misdemeanor, although a common related count, PC 415, can be charged as an infraction. You've asked about expungements, and only a plea of guilty or no contest, or a verdict of guilty at trial, would create a criminal record, and thus trigger the possibility of expungement under Penal Code section 1203.4 If you were cited and released, without a court date, citation, promise to appear, or other future resolution date of the case, which is rare, you may have just been subject to a police agency that chose not to file or forward filing of charges to the prosecuting agency. In such a case, consider yourself lucky.

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