California Court of Appeal June 17, 1976, Crim. 28563 (People v. Williams)

Opinion

COMPTON, J.

Douglas Robert Williams was convicted by a municipal court jury of violating Penal Code section 647, subdivision (a), which punishes as a misdemeanor any “lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view.”

We view the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the judgment. Long Beach Police Officer Richard A.