{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-681","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 681","heading":"","body":"No person can be punished for a public offense, except upon a legal conviction in a Court having jurisdiction thereof.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"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":"85dcae5c6b1376667a7fb1c59ad1140e84976c9e20a38c4f4be695ffcbfb931f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-680.4","next":"us-ca/pen-682"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}