Penal Code § 1187

CHAPTER 7. Arrest of Judgment

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1187Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 391. Effective September 28, 1998.

The effect of an order arresting judgment, in a felony case, is to place the defendant in the same situation in which the defendant was immediately before the indictment was found or information filed. In a misdemeanor or infraction case, the effect is to place the defendant in the situation in which the defendant was before the trial was had.