# California Criminal Law 2026

- By: Mark C Fields
- Publisher: El Camino College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/El_Camino_College/California_Criminal_Law_2026_(Fields_and_Radetic-Fields))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/El_Camino_College/California_Criminal_Law_2026_(Fields_and_Radetic-Fields)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-400677/pdf

This textbook focuses on California criminal law and procedures. After completing a course in Criminal Law, you will be familiar with the nature and sources of law, the court system, the adversarial process, the most prominent crimes, and accompanying criminal defenses. This course introduces you to crimes and defenses with the goal of applying what is learned to fact pattern scenarios and determining the appropriate criminal charges in those scenarios.