{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1022","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1022","heading":"","body":"Whenever the defendant is acquitted on the merits, he is acquitted of the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in form or substance in the accusatory pleading on which the trial was had.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 6. PLEADINGS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL [976. - 1054.10.]","CHAPTER 4. Plea [1016. - 1027.]"],"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":"3edf9b4bd81d3c5ff055cdba319f6f853037bfac12d72259c13162ed3665c063","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1021","next":"us-ca/pen-1023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}