Penal Code section 1099

When two or more defendants are included in the same accusatory pleading, the court may, at any time before the defendants have gone into their defense, on the application of the prosecuting attorney, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he may be a witness for the people.

Source: Section 1099, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1099. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_1099

Original Source: Section 1099, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1099. (last accessed May 12, 2025).