The California Supreme Court today decided People v. Corpening, S228258, involving the problem of a single act violating more than one statute:
A defendant may not be punished more than once for a single physical act that violates multiple provisions of the Penal Code. The charging document in this case identified the same forceful taking of a vehicle as the physical act completing the actus reus for both robbery and carjacking. Where the same physical act accomplishes the actus reus requirement for more than one crime, that single act cannot give rise to multiple punishment. Because that is precisely what happened here, Corpening's one-year robbery sentence must be stayed.
SB 1322
Mr. Scheidegger,
Can you address this issue? I do not live in CA, but I have several family members -- including a lawyer -- who do. This seems ominously bad.
CA ... Making Child Prostitution Legal
"The unintended but predictable consequence of how the real villains — pimps
and other traffickers in human misery — will respond to this new law isn't
difficult to foresee. Pimping and pandering will still be against the law
whether it involves running adult women or young girls. But legalizing
child prostitution will only incentivize the increased exploitation of
underage girls. Immunity from arrest means law enforcement can't
interfere with minors engaging in prostitution — which translates into
bigger and better cash flow for the pimps. Simply put, more time on the
street and less time in jail means more money for pimps, and more victims
for them to exploit."
~ www.redstate.com/
sweetie15/2016/12/29/ca-democrats-usher-2017-making-child-prostitution-legal/;
www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-democrats-
legalize-child-prostitution/article/2610540
It is bad, but at this time I am not able to address it in any more detail than the Washington Examiner story.