{"data":{"id":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-i-14","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"Cal. Const. art. I, § 14","heading":"","body":"Felonies shall be prosecuted as provided by law, either by indictment or, after examination and commitment by a magistrate, by information.\nA person charged with a felony by complaint subscribed under penalty of perjury and on file in a court in the county where the felony is triable shall be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate of that court. The magistrate shall immediately give the defendant a copy of the complaint, inform the defendant of the defendant’s right to counsel, allow the defendant a reasonable time to send for counsel, and on the defendant’s request read the complaint to the defendant. On the defendant’s request the magistrate shall require a peace officer to transmit within the county where the court is located a message to counsel named by defendant.\nA person unable to understand English who is charged with a crime has a right to an interpreter throughout the proceedings.","path":["* California Constitution - CONS","ARTICLE I DECLARATION OF RIGHTS [SECTION 1. - SEC. 32.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e2963c612cf16b27b9d3263c2a152470367b7330304732d55b1b92370f66e7c1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-i-13","next":"us-ca/cal.-const.-art.-i-14.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}