California Penal Code

§ 777

PEN § 777Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, for a public offense committed by him therein, except where it is by law cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except as otherwise provided by law the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which it is committed.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.