California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 1094

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 35, Sec. 11. (SB 174) Effective January 1, 2010.

When the state of the pleadings requires it, or in any other case, for good reasons, and in the sound discretion of the court, the order prescribed in Section 1093 may be departed from.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 1094 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-2-of-criminal-procedure/title-7-of-proceedings-after-the-commencement-of-the-trial-and-before-judgment/chapter-2-the-trial/section-1094

Other sections in Chapter 2 - The Trial

§ 1093§ 1093.5§ 1094§ 1095§ 1096§ 1096a§ 1097§ 1098§ 1099§ 1100…§ 1127b§ 1127c§ 1127d§ 1127e§ 1127f§ 1127g§ 1127h§ 1128§ 1129§ 1130

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