Pen. Code, § 793 · Chapter 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses

Pen. Code, § 793

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=793.
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