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 | | "Public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops. |
 | | The State next argues that, pursuant to Penal Code section 42.01(c), the conduct is deemed to have occurred in a public place because it produced offensive consequences "near a private residence." [FN4] We again disagree. |
 | | The plain language of the statute does not support the State's position that conduct is deemed to occur in a public place if its consequences are produced near a private residence. |
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