2025 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 7 - OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT
CHAPTER 2 - The Trial
Section 1113.

Universal Citation:
CA Penal Code § 1113 (2025)
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1113. The Court may direct the jury to be discharged where it appears that it has not jurisdiction of the offense, or that the facts charged do not constitute an offense punishable by law.

(Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 47.)

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