Sexual Battery

Sexual Battery or Penal Code Section 243.4 involves touching an intimate part of another person while the victim is restrained or when the touching is against the victim's desire AND it is done with the intent to arouse or gratify the perpetrator.  Punishment for sexual battery in Orange county and other California counties is either a fine and one year in county jail or a fine and imprisonment in state prison for 2, 3 or 4 years.  Sexual battery also carries registration under Penal Code Section 290.