Editing California Penal Code (section)

==Notable section numbers==
*'''148''' – Resisting/obstructing a police officer
*'''[[187 (murder)|187]]''' – [[Murder]]
*'''192''' – [[Manslaughter]]
*'''203''' – [[Mayhem (crime)|Mayhem]]
*'''207''' – [[Kidnapping]]
*'''211''' – [[Robbery]]
*'''215''' – [[Carjacking]]
*'''219''' – [[Train wreck]]ing  (''see, e.g.'' [[2005 Glendale train crash]])
*'''236–237''' – [[False imprisonment]]
*'''240''' – [[Assault]]
*'''242''' – [[Battery (crime)|Battery]]
*'''245''' – [[Assault|Assault with a deadly weapon]] (ADW, sometimes "great bodily injury," GBI) or with force likely to produce great bodily injury
*'''261''' – [[Rape]]
*'''280''' – [[Child abduction]]
*'''285''' – [[Incest]]
*'''288''' – [[Child sexual abuse|Child molestation]]
*'''314''' – [[Indecent exposure]]
*'''368''' – [http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=368.&lawCode=PEN Crimes Against Elders and Dependent Adults]
*'''415''' – [[Breach of the peace|Disturbing the peace]]/[[mutual combat]]
*'''417''' – Brandishing a [[firearm]]
*'''422''' – Criminal threats
*'''451''' – [[Arson]]
*'''459''' – [[Burglary]]
*'''470''' – [[Forgery]]
*'''484''' – [[Theft]] or [[larceny]]
*'''487''' – [[Grand theft]]
*'''488''' – [[Petty theft]]
*'''487''' – [[Motor vehicle theft|Grand theft auto]]
*'''496''' – [[Receipt of stolen property|Receiving stolen property]]
*'''503–515''' – [[Embezzlement]]
*'''518–527''' – [[Extortion]]
*'''528–539''' – [[False pretenses|False personation and cheats]]
*'''594''' – [[Malicious mischief]]/[[vandalism]]
*'''597''' – [[Cruelty to animals|Animal cruelty]]
*'''602''' – [[Trespass]]ing
*'''647(b)''' – [[Prostitution]]
*'''647(f)''' – [[Alcohol intoxication|Public drunkenness or public intoxication]]
*'''664''' – [[Attempt]] (usually charged together with one of the above like 187 or 211; attempted murder was formerly covered in its own section, 217)
*'''691''' – [[Extortion]]

"[[420 (cannabis culture)|420]]" for marijuana use is commonly but incorrectly believed to originate from the Penal Code.<ref name="snopes">{{cite web| url = http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.asp| title = The Origins of 420 {{!}} Snopes.com}} </ref>  The actual Section 420 covers obstructing entry on public land.

One of the more controversial sections of the California Penal Code are the consecutive Sections 666 and 667; Section 666, known officially as '''petty theft with a prior'''{{snd}}and colloquially, [[felony petty theft]] and makes it possible for someone who committed a minor [[shoplifting]] crime to be charged with a felony if the person had been convicted of any theft-related offense at any time in the past; and if the person so charged has two previous felony convictions (listed as serious or violent felonies ["strikeable" offenses]), this can result in a 25-years-to-life sentence under the state's [[three strikes law]], which is found in Section 667.

The inclusion of [[felony petty theft]] within the [[three-strikes law]], and for that matter, the three-strikes law itself, have sparked much debate both within and outside the state, and even beyond the [[United States]].  In 2003, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld the California three-strikes law against constitutional challenges in two cases where the third strike was a nonviolent crime{{snd}}''[[Ewing v. California]]'', {{ussc|538|11|2003}}, and ''[[Lockyer v. Andrade]]'', {{ussc|538|63|2003}}.