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Penal Code § 1096a

CHAPTER 2. The Trial

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1096aOfficial source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 46, Sec. 2. Effective July 3, 1995.

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.