{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1096a","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1096a","heading":"","body":"In charging a jury, the court may read to the jury Section 1096, and no further instruction on the subject of the presumption of innocence or defining reasonable doubt need be given.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 7. OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL AND BEFORE JUDGMENT [1065. - 1188.]","CHAPTER 2. The Trial [1093. - 1130.]"],"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":"4bd0d4364c1cf47fb6c6593ebb9277be2e17e02480510354d0a804e6a74de144","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1096","next":"us-ca/pen-1097"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}