What is the standard for determining whether a touching is lewd and lascivious?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carson, 30 Cal.App.4th 1810, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 790 (Cal. App. 1994):
A standard which focuses on intent to determine whether a touching is lewd and lascivious has been the guiding principle for decades. As the court explained over 40 years ago in People v. Hobbs (1952) 109 Cal.App.2d 189, 192, 240 P.2d 411:
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