Section 952 Of Chapter 2. Rules Of Pleading From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. In charging an offense, each count shall contain, and shall be
sufficient if it contains in substance, a statement that the accused
has committed some public offense therein specified. Such statement
may be made in ordinary and concise language without any technical
averments or any allegations of matter not essential to be proved. It
may be in the words of the enactment describing the offense or
declaring the matter to be a public offense, or in any words
sufficient to give the accused notice of the offense of which he is
accused. In charging theft it shall be sufficient to allege that the
defendant unlawfully took the labor or property of another.