California Penal Code
§ 1022
PEN § 1022Title 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 4
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govWhenever the defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the accusatory pleading on which the trial was had.
Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.