{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1126","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1126","heading":"","body":"In a trial for any offense, questions of law are to be decided by the court, and questions of fact by the jury. Although the jury has the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law what is laid down as such by the court.","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":"05bda4a4a049a7cbfd4a728029f5c2c8f16c58aae7164ca92b064b8fea370d8a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1124","next":"us-ca/pen-1127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}