{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1194","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1194","heading":"","body":"When the defendant is in custody, the Court may direct the officer in whose custody he is to bring him before it for judgment, and the officer must do so.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 8. OF JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION [1191. - 1233.6.]","CHAPTER 1. The Judgment [1191. - 1210.6.]"],"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":"c5951f92f886f0e483ebecf3fac914a05063b20c991ae22e7867f990f8475725","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1193","next":"us-ca/pen-1195"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}