{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"665","citation":"Pen. Code, § 665","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 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS [654. - 678.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-16"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 45.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Sections <a href=\"/pen/663\">663</a> and <a href=\"/pen/664\">664</a> 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.</p>","text":"Sections 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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/general-provisions-665","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}