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Are you charged with sexual Battery.  Charged with PC 243.4? 

Penal Code Section 243.4 Sexual Battery

PC 243.4(a) Any  person who touches an intimate part of another person while that person is unlawfully restrained by the accused or an accomplice, and if the touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery.  A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

PC 243.4(b) Any persons who touches an intimate part of another person who is institutionalized for medical treatment and who is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and if the touching  is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery.  A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding ($2,000); or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

PC 243.4(c) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, and the victim is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act because the perpetrator fraudulently represented that the touching served a professional purpose, is guilty of sexual battery.  A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding then thousand dollars ($10,000).

PC 243.4(d) Any person who, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, causes another, against the person's will while that person is unlawfully restrained either by the accused or by an accomplice, or is institutionalized for medical treatment and is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, to masturbate or touch an intimate part of either of those persons or a third person, is guilty of sexual battery. A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,00).

PC 243.4(e)(1) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and is the specific purpose fo sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery, punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. However, if the defendant was an employer and the victim was an employee of the defendant, the misdemeanor sexual battery shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000). by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fiend and imprisonment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount of a fine abuse two thousand dollars ($2,000) which is collected from a defendant for  a violation of this subdivision shall be transmitted to the State Treasury and, upon appropriation by the legislature distributed to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing for the purpose of enforcement of the California fair Employment and housing act. (part 2.8(commencing with section 12900) of division 3 of Title 2 of the Government code). including but not limited to, laws that proscribe sexual harassment in places of employment.  However, in no event shall an amount over two thousand dollars ($2,000) be transmitted to the State Treasury until all fines, including any restitution fines that may have been imposed upon the defendant, have been paid in full.

PC 243.4(e)(2) As used in this subdivision, "touches" means physical contact with another person, whether accomplished directly, through the clothing of the person committing the offense, or though the clothing of the victim.

PC 243.4(f) As used in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d), "touches" means physical contact with the skin of another person whether accomplished directly or through the clothing of the person committing the offenses.

PC 243.4(g) As used in this section the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) Intimate Part: Means the sexual organ, anus, groin, or buttocks of any person, and the breast of a female.

(2) Sexual battery: does not include the crimes defined in Section 261 or 289.

(3) Seriously Disabled: Means a person with severe physical or sensory disabilities.

(4) Medically incapacitated: means a person who is incapacitated as a result of prescribed sedatives, anesthesia, or other medication.

(5) Institutionalized means a person who is located voluntarily or involuntarily in a hospital, medical treatment facility, nursing home, acute care facility, or mental hospital.

(6) Minor: means a person under 18 years of age.

PC 243.4(h) This section shall not be construed to limited or prevent prosecution under any other law which also proscribed a course of conduct that also is proscribed by this section.

PC 243.4(i) In the case of a felony conviction for a violation of this section, the fact that  the defendant was an employer and the victim was an employee of the defendant shall be a factor in aggravation in sentencing.

PC 243.4(j) A person who commits a violation of subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) against a minor when the person has a prior felony conviction for violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

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