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Penal Code § 793

CHAPTER 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 793Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 511, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.

When an act charged as a public offense is within the jurisdiction of the United States, or of another state or territory of the United States, as well as of this state, a conviction or acquittal thereof in that other jurisdiction is a bar to the prosecution or indictment in this state.