{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1186","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1186","heading":"","body":"The court may, on its own motion, at any time before judgment is pronounced, arrest the judgment for any of the defects in the accusatory pleading upon which a motion in arrest of judgment may be founded as provided in Section 1185, by order for that purpose entered upon its minutes.","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 7. Arrest of Judgment [1185. - 1188.]"],"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":"eef9f064a9913d0baac8a9789030ef0cfb03208a7e033d2904f1fa3159118d07","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1185","next":"us-ca/pen-1187"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}