{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"191","citation":"Pen. Code, § 191","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Homicide [187. - 199.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.</p>","text":"The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/homicide-191","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}