{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1100","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1100","heading":"","body":"When two or more defendants are included in the same accusatory pleading, and the court is of opinion that in regard to a particular defendant there is not sufficient evidence to put him on his defense, it must order him to be discharged before the evidence is closed, that he may be a witness for his codefendant.","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":"8c3f0fa64ffef690f83a782cc7e4e8005dad4e458bb8f26f2f11f732ca60c53f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1099","next":"us-ca/pen-1101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}