Cal. PEN § 777
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 777, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, for a public offense committed by him therein, except where it is by law cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except as otherwise provided by law the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which it is committed.
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