California Supreme Court December 4, 1972, Docket Nos. Crim. 16232, 16237 (In Re Lynch)

Opinion

MOSK, J.

One who commits an act of indecent exposure in California is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and can be punished by no more than a brief jail sentence or a small fine.1 If he commits the identical act a second time, however, the law declares him guilty of a felony and inflicts on him a punishment of imprisonment in the state prison for the indeterminate period of one year to life..