{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1187","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1187","heading":"","body":"The effect of an order arresting judgment, in a felony case, is to place the defendant in the same situation in which the defendant was immediately before the indictment was found or information filed. In a misdemeanor or infraction case, the effect is to place the defendant in the situation in which the defendant was before the trial was had.","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":"7c791775161b77fa17aaaeb16fd8bf9acae75ca4f845203b3be5000a054343e1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1186","next":"us-ca/pen-1188"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}