Vista Criminal Attorney Law Firm is a criminal defense law firm offering criminal defense services to clients in Vista California. This law firm provides defense for many types of crimes including prostitution and solicitation.
Legal experts from this firm have extensive experience in offering such services making us very reputable in the Vista community. The attorneys also understand California laws as well as legal issues in this state. We are determined to help our clients win their cases or get favorable terms for them.
Prostitution charges come in different forms and there are many available legal defenses. These may include insufficient evidence, entrapping, mistake of fact and proof of intent among others.
In California laws, matters pertaining to prostitution and solicitation are covered under the Penal Code PC b. Prostitution under this penal code is criminalized in three main forms. If a person has entered an agreement and made some first steps towards fulfilling the crime, it is considered a complete crime. The charges for this crime may, therefore, be charged against the customer or the prostitute. Sexual acts in this code include sexual intercourse or other erotic activities such as touching sexual organs, women breasts or buttocks aiming at sexual arousal.
It is also illegal according to the penal code for one to solicit prostitution for instance at a massage parlor or a night club. This is however difficult to prove since the prosecutor may not be able to demonstrate if the service, offer or the invitation was intended for exchanging sexual acts with money. In California, children under the age of 18 years cannot be charged with prostitution offenses. Such children cannot be rendered guilty of prostitution. Such a child cannot be jailed or go to juvenile hall.
