Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 191 — Homicide
Cal. Penal Code § 191
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 191 — Homicide is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.