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Penal Code § 1022

CHAPTER 4. Plea

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1022Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.

Whenever the defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the accusatory pleading on which the trial was had.