In what circumstances will the district attorney be able to amend information in a civil case to include additional charges in the context of a mistrial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 56 Cal.App.4th 927, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 329 (Cal. App. 1997):
We find additional support for our conclusion in the fact that, following a mistrial, the district attorney may properly amend the information to include additional charges despite the statutory prohibition against multiple punishment for a single course of conduct located in section 654 (see People v. Brown, supra, 35 Cal.App.3d at pp. 322-323, 110 Cal.Rptr. 854), which provides a protection
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