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Under penal code section 647 (a),
there's four things that the prosecutor has to prove,
or what we call elements of the crime,
to prove you guilty of lewd conduct in public.
First of all, that you touched your private parts,
or the private parts of somebody else.
And by private parts, the law means either the genitals,
the butt, or the female breast.
So first that you touched your private parts or that
of somebody else's.
Secondly, that you did so for the purpose
of *** gratification.
Thirdly, that you did this in public or in a place
open to public view.
And fourth and this is really the key to the whole crime,
that you knew or reasonably should
have known that there was a third party present who
would be offended by it.