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Cal. Penal Code § 665

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Title 16: General Provisions, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 665

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 665Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Sections 663 and 664 do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.

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