Loitering is only a crime under PC 647(h) if it is done for an unlawful purpose. If you are lingering somewhere with a lawful purpose, it is not a crime. The context will dictate when a purpose for lingering is a lawful one.
§ 5506. Loitering and prowling at night time.Whoever at night time maliciously loiters or maliciously prowls around a dwelling house or any other place used wholly or in part for living or dwelling purposes, belonging to or occupied by another, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
我去過一次法庭，人很多，見法官前有工作人員來談判，把事情處理好了，見了法官就說 guilty，付罰款，不記點，交通單
