Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: drinking in public

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Re: drinking in public

1. They can cite him. "In public" is not the same as "on public property".

2. Offhand, I don't know the penalty for this particular offense. But "the worst that can happen" depends in part on whether he has a record and, if so, how serious his prior offenses have been.

3. Why? Because the ticket is a court summons, and summonses are not social invitations. He has been ordered to show up and answer the charges against him. Do you think he should be able to make the whole thing go away just by ignoring this order?

Re: drinking in public

1) police officers have the right to enter "private property" without a warrant under many different circumstances unfortunately.

2) if your son was not drinking, he should definitely fight this citation period. The "worst" that can happen is he will lose, but the best is obviously that the charges will be dismissed if the state cannot meet its burden of proof.

3) anytime a person fails to appear to a court proceeding, a bench warrant can and is usually issued to compel the appearance or punish the individual for not following rules.

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