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Can you get in trouble for prank call someone? can it be consider harassment?

Asked in Garden Grove, CA - 7 months

my friend prank call a girl over a years ago and he was worry if he could get in trouble because this girl is in different state and they only met through myspace and when he prank call he doesnt say anything and just wait till she say hello and hang up... what is the sol on that and what could happen, it was over a years ago

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Joseph Briscoe Dane

Joseph Briscoe Dane

Orange Criminal Defense Attorney

Licensed in CA

Answered 7 months ago. Prank calls are covered under 653m of the Penal Code and are misdemeanors. The statute if limitations is one year, so it's probably behind you now. Don't start back up though.
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Michael Charles Doland

Michael Charles Doland

Santa Monica Business Attorney

Licensed in CA

Answered 7 months ago. After a year there is little to be concerned about.
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Hillary Johns

Hillary Johns

Woodland Hills Family Law Attorney

Licensed in CA

Answered 7 months ago. I agree with counsel that enough time has passed that you're probably in the clear although that could change if it were to recur.
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