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Penal Code § 1186

CHAPTER 7. Arrest of Judgment

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1186Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.

The court may, on its own motion, at any time before judgment is pronounced, arrest the judgment for any of the defects in the accusatory pleading upon which a motion in arrest of judgment may be founded as provided in Section 1185, by order for that purpose entered upon its minutes.