2020 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
TITLE 16 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 656.

Universal Citation: CA Penal Code § 656 (2020)
656.  

Whenever on the trial of an accused person it appears that upon a criminal prosecution under the laws of the United States, or of another state or territory of the United States based upon the act or omission in respect to which he or she is on trial, he or she has been acquitted or convicted, it is a sufficient defense.

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

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