{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1096a","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1096a","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 7. OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT [1065. - 1188.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. The Trial [1093. - 1130.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-7/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 46, Sec. 2.   Effective July 3, 1995.","effective":"1995-07-03","html":"<p>In charging a jury, the court may read to the jury Section <a href=\"/pen/1096\">1096</a>, and no further instruction on the subject of the presumption of innocence or defining reasonable doubt need be given.</p>","text":"In charging a jury, the court may read to the jury Section 1096, and no further instruction on the subject of the presumption of innocence or defining reasonable doubt need be given.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/the-trial-1096a","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}