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Cal. Penal Code § 656 (2026)

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Whenever on the trial of an accused person it appears that upon a criminal prosecution under the laws of the United States, or of another state or territory of the United States based upon the act or omission in respect to which he or she is on trial, he or she has been acquitted or convicted, it is a sufficient defense.

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Cited in 17 cases, 1974–2015 · leading case: People v. Homick, 289 P.3d 791 (Cal. 2012).
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People v. Homick, 289 P.3d 791 (Cal. 2012). “Defendant asserted that California Penal Code section 656‟s prohibition against double jeopardy precluded the California prosecution because it was founded upon the same act (the Woodman murders) that was the basis of his earlier conviction in federal court.”
Commonwealth v. Cepulonis, 373 N.E.2d 1136 (Mass. 1978). · cites it 2× “8 Cal. Penal Code Ann. § 656 (Deering). See People v.”
State v. Rogers, 566 P.2d 1142 (N.M. 1977). · cites it 2× “§ 13-146 (1956); Cal.Penal Code § 656 (West 1970); Colo. Rev.”
United States v. Michael Paris, 827 F.2d 395 (9th Cir. 1987). “The state was precluded from prosecuting him on similar charges under Cal. Penal Code § 656 (1970). See People v.”
People v. Westbrook, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1788 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 656 bars a state criminal proceeding after a criminal conviction or acquittal in another jurisdiction of a charge involving the same act or omission.”
United States v. Juan Ramon Fernandez, 497 F.2d 730 (9th Cir. 1974). · cites it 2× “2114 provides: Whoever assaults any person, having lawful charge, control, or custody of any mail matter or of any money or other property of the United States, with intent to rob, steal, or purloin such mail matter, money, or other property of the United States, or robs any…”
People v. Comingore, 570 P.2d 723 (Cal. 1977). “” (Note, Conviction or Acquittal in a Federal Court as a Bar to State Prosecution; California Penal Code Section 656 (1957) 45 Cal.”
People v. Meredith, 93 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 133 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992). “4 The result in this case is not affected by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Schlick v.”
State v. West, 260 N.W.2d 215 (S.D. 1977). “Cal.Penal Code § 656. 8 .21 O.S. § 25. 9 .”
Sullivan v. State, 622 S.E.2d 823 (Ga. 2005). “, Cal. Penal Code §§ 656 , 793 (2005); Colo.”
United States v. Michael Paris, 812 F.2d 471 (9th Cir. 1987). “The state was precluded from prosecuting him on similar charges under Cal. Penal Code § 656 (1970). See People v.”
People v. Brown, 204 Cal. App. 3d 1444 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). “” (Pen. Code, § 656.) Specifically, it is whether a federal prosecution for conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce is a bar to a California prosecution for the burglary from which the stolen property was to be obtained.”
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