{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1126","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1126","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. 2008, Ch. 699, Sec. 12.   Effective January 1, 2009.","effective":"2009-01-01","html":"<p>In a trial for any offense, questions of law are to be decided by the court, and questions of fact by the jury. Although the jury has the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law what is laid down as such by the court.</p>","text":"In a trial for any offense, questions of law are to be decided by the court, and questions of fact by the jury. Although the jury has the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law what is laid down as such by the court.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/the-trial-1126","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}