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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. )

  
1159.  

The jury, or the judge if a jury trial is waived, may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.)