{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1097","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1097","heading":"","body":"When it appears that the defendant has committed a public offense, or attempted to commit a public offense, and there is reasonable ground of doubt in which of two or more degrees of the crime or attempted crime he is guilty, he can be convicted of the lowest of such degrees only.","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":"7a6b42c9366d9f2f97545f562d448ea28a6a75e742ef7e7082655a77ea487c42","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1096a","next":"us-ca/pen-1098"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}