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Arthur Khachatourians
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1925,  Los Angeles, California 90036
Firm: (323) 655-7180   Direct: (818) 590-8294
Fax: (323) 655-7122    ak@tyler-law.com
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Arthur Khachatourians
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1925,  Los Angeles, California 90036
Firm: (323) 655-7180   Direct: (818) 590-8294
Fax: (323) 655-7122    ak@tyler-law.com

Mr. Khachatourians represents clients throughout Southern California (CA) including, but not limited to, the following courthouses: Clara
Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Alhambra Courthouse, Airport Courthouse, Antelope Valley - Antonovich Courthouse, Bauchet
- Central Arraignment Court, Bellflower Courthouse, Beverly Hills Courthouse, Burbank Courthouse, Chatsworth Courthouse, Compton
Courthouse, Downey Courthouse, El Monte Courthouse, East Los Angeles Courthouse, Glendale Courthouse Felony and Misdemeanor,
Hollywood Courthouse, Inglewood Courthouse, Long Beach Courthouse, Malibu Courthouse, Metropolitan Courthouse, Norwalk
Courthouse, Pasadena Courthouse, Pomona Courthouse, San Fernando Courthouse, Santa Clarita Courthouse, Santa Monica Courthouse,
Torrance Courthouse, Van Nuys Courthouse, West Covina Courthouse, West Los Angeles Courthouse, Whittier Courthouse, Lancaster
Juvenile Courthouse, Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center, Delinquency & Dependency Court,Eastlake Juvenile Courthouse,
Inglewood Juvenile Courthouse, Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center - Delinquency Court, Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse, Sylmar Juvenile
Courthouse, Long Beach Juvenile and other criminal courthouses located in Orange County, San Bernardino, and Riverside.
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California False Imprisonment Charges:

California Penal Code § 236.  False
imprisonment defined.
"False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the
personal liberty of another."

California Penal Code § 237.  Punishment.
"(a) False imprisonment is punishable by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If
the false imprisonment be effected by violence,
menace, fraud, or deceit, it shall be punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison.
(b) False imprisonment of an elder or dependent
adult by use of violence, menace, fraud, or deceit
shall be punishable as described in subdivision (f) of
Section 368."