{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-960","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 960","heading":"","body":"No accusatory pleading is insufficient, nor can the trial, judgment, or other proceeding thereon be affected by reason of any defect or imperfection in matter of form which does not prejudice a substantial right of the defendant upon the merits.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 5. THE PLEADINGS [940. - 973.]","CHAPTER 2. Rules of Pleading [948. - 973.]"],"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":"1c5e11cf192a69f5c29b7f96aa96c4436d84f98d90dd8732638851ee781b3c21","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-959.1","next":"us-ca/pen-961"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}