Penal Code section 665

Section 663 and 664 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.

Source: Section 665, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=665. (updated Jan. 1, 1987; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_665

Original Source: Section 665, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=665. (last accessed May 12, 2025).