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Penal Code - PEN

PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS [940 - 973]

  ( Heading of Title 5 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. )
  

CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading [948 - 973]
  ( Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. )

  
951.  

An indictment or information may be in substantially the following form: The people of the State of California against A. B. In the superior court of the State of California, in and for the county of ____. The grand jury (or the district attorney) of the county of ____ hereby accuses A. B. of a felony (or misdemeanor), to wit: (giving the name of the crime, as murder, burglary, etc.), in that on or about the ____ day of ____, 19__, in the county of ____, State of California, he (here insert statement of act or omission, as for example, “murdered C. D.”).

(Amended by Stats. 1927, Ch. 613.)