Penal Code section 1022

Whenever the defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the accusatory pleading on which the trial was had.

Source: Section 1022, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1022. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_1022

Original Source: Section 1022, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1022. (last accessed May 12, 2025).