The first thing that comes to mind when we think about prostitution as a criminal offense is engaging in sexual acts for compensation. If you have been charged with solicitation of a prostitute or prostitution-related offenses in California, you may be facing fines, probation, and even incarceration if convicted.
It is a crime to solicit another person to commit certain other offenses. This includes solicitation of lewd conduct and solicitation of prostitution. In the case of prostitution, the word solicitation means the same thing in the sense that someone is requesting that someone else commit a crime prostitution. However, laws involving prostitution are covered under a different penal code than other solicitation laws, Penal Code b.
This means that the penalties for solicitation of a prostitute may differ from the penalties imposed for other forms of solicitation. A prostitute is someone who engages in sexual intercourse or a lewd act with another person in exchange for money or another form of compensation. To be convicted of engaging in prostitution , you must be found guilty of:.
Helfend did an amazing job defending my case, I highly recommend him to anyone in need of a great criminal defense attorney. Agreeing to engage in prostitution is a fairly recent amendment to Penal Code b. Prior to , the code only penalized engaging in prostitution and soliciting prostitution.
If person 1 proposes or offers to engage in prostitution, they may be charged with solicitation. If person 2 accepts the offer, then they may be charged with agreeing to engage in prostitution.
