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California Criminal Law
Celebrities In Court
Michael Jackson
November 20th, 2003
Michael Jackson Charge
The basis for this investigation regarding Mr. Jackson involves allegations of Child Molestation, 288 (a) of the California Penal Code.
Penal Code § 288

 

PENAL CODE
SECTION 281

288.  (a) Any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or
lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes
provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member
thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent
of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or
sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony and
shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for three,
six, or eight years.

   (b) (1) Any person who commits an act described in subdivision (a)
by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and
unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person, is guilty of
a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison
for three, six, or eight years.
   (2) Any person who is a caretaker and commits an act described in
subdivision (a) upon a dependent adult by use of force, violence,
duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on
the victim or another person, with the intent described in
subdivision (a), is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
   (c) (1) Any person who commits an act described in subdivision (a)
with the intent described in that subdivision, and the victim is a
child of 14 or 15 years, and that person is at least 10 years older
than the child, is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three years, or
by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.  In
determining whether the person is at least 10 years older than the
child, the difference in age shall be measured from the birth date of
the person to the birth date of the child.
   (2) Any person who is a caretaker and commits an act described in
subdivision (a) upon a dependent adult, with the intent described in
subdivision (a), is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three years, or
by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.
   (d) In any arrest or prosecution under this section or Section
288.5, the peace officer, district attorney, and the court shall
consider the needs of the child victim and shall do whatever is
necessary, within existing budgetary resources, and constitutionally
permissible to prevent psychological harm to the child victim or to
prevent psychological harm to the dependent adult victim resulting
from participation in the court process.
   (e) Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of
subdivision (a) or (b), the court may, in addition to any other
penalty or fine imposed, order the defendant to pay an additional
fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).  In setting the
amount of the fine, the court shall consider any relevant factors,
including, but not limited to, the seriousness and gravity of the
offense, the circumstances of its commission, whether the defendant
derived any economic gain as a result of the crime, and the extent to
which the victim suffered economic losses as a result of the crime.
Every fine imposed and collected under this section shall be
deposited in the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund to be available for
appropriation to fund child sexual exploitation and child sexual
abuse victim counseling centers and prevention programs pursuant to
Section 13837.
   If the court orders a fine imposed pursuant to this subdivision,
the actual administrative cost of collecting that fine, not to exceed
2 percent of the total amount paid, may be paid into the general
fund of the county treasury for the use and benefit of the county.
   (f) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c), the following definitions apply:
   (1) "Caretaker" means an owner, operator, administrator, employee,
independent contractor, agent, or volunteer of any of the following
public or private facilities when the facilities provide care for
elder or dependent adults:
   (A) Twenty-four hour health facilities, as defined in Sections
1250, 1250.2, and 1250.3 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (B) Clinics.
   (C) Home health agencies.
   (D) Adult day health care centers.
   (E) Secondary schools that serve dependent adults ages 18 to 22
years and postsecondary educational institutions that serve dependent
adults or elders.
   (F) Sheltered workshops.
   (G) Camps.
   (H) Community care facilities, as defined by Section 1402 of the
Health and Safety Code, and residential care facilities for the
elderly, as defined in Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code.

   (I) Respite care facilities.
   (J) Foster homes.
   (K) Regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities.

   (L) A home health agency licensed in accordance with Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 1725) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety
Code.
   (M) An agency that supplies in-home supportive services.
   (N) Board and care facilities.
   (O) Any other protective or public assistance agency that provides
health services or social services to elder or dependent adults,
including, but not limited to, in-home supportive services, as
defined in Section 14005.14 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
   (P) Private residences.
   (2) "Board and care facilities" means licensed or unlicensed
facilities that provide assistance with one or more of the following
activities:
   (A) Bathing.
   (B) Dressing.
   (C) Grooming.
   (D) Medication storage.
   (E) Medical dispensation.
   (F) Money management.
   (3) "Dependent adult" means any person 18 years of age or older
who has a mental disability or disorder that restricts his or her
ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her
rights, including, but not limited to, persons who have developmental
disabilities, persons whose mental abilities have significantly
diminished because of age.
   (g) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) apply to the owners, operators, administrators,
employees, independent contractors, agents, or volunteers working at
these public or private facilities and only to the extent that the
individuals personally commit, conspire, aid, abet, or facilitate any
act prohibited by paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2)
of subdivision (c).
   (h) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) do not apply to a caretaker who is a spouse of, or
who is in an equivalent domestic relationship with, the dependent
adult under care.



288.1.  Any person convicted of committing any lewd or lascivious
act including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for
in Part 1 of this code upon or with the body, or any part or member
thereof, of a child under the age of 14 years shall not have his or
her sentence suspended until the court obtains a report from a
reputable psychiatrist, from a reputable psychologist who meets the
standards set forth in Section 1027, or from a recognized treatment
program pursuant to Section 1000.12 or 1203.066, as to the mental
condition of that person.

 

 

 

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