{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-794","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 794","heading":"","body":"Where an offense is within the jurisdiction of two or more courts, a conviction or acquittal thereof in one court is a bar to a prosecution therefor in another.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses [777. - 795.]"],"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":"afc6a369d5a267a0e409448788956149563a8a44d2b269d27edfe5a6dbd96908","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-793.5","next":"us-ca/pen-795"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}