{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1153","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1153","heading":"","body":"The special verdict must be reduced to writing by the jury, or in their presence entered upon the minutes of the Court, read to the jury and agreed to by them, before they are discharged.","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 4. The Verdict or Finding [1147. - 1168.]"],"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":"4aee3c45cdf1ad9e1b127dd0d89d30ab74bad60d917e6d38baae6710a5528b08","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1152","next":"us-ca/pen-1154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}