{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1159","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1159","heading":"","body":"The jury, or the judge if a jury trial is waived, may find the defendant guilty of any offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in that with which he is charged, or of an attempt to commit the offense.","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":"4bc59ef46cee5b1db7670ff6a2eeeac5d83e57992d431adc8261873c12de4c09","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1158a","next":"us-ca/pen-1160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}