The homicide appearing to be justifiable or excusable, the person indicted must, upon his trial, be fully acquitted and discharged.
Cal. Penal Code § 199
Homicide
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case People v. Collins (1961)
Most recently applied in People v. Collins (March 1961)
Enacted 1872.
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