Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 7. OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT [1065 - 1188]
( Title 7 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 4. The Verdict or Finding [1147 - 1168]
( Heading of Chapter 4 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) 1148.
If charged with a felony the defendant must, before the verdict is received, appear in person, unless, after the exercise of reasonable diligence to procure the presence of the defendant, the court shall find that it will be in the interest of justice that the verdict be received in his absence. If for a misdemeanor, the verdict may be rendered in his absence.
(Amended by Stats. 1931, Ch. 124.)