Section 192A.24 Former Jeopardy - Minnesota Statutes

192A.24 FORMER JEOPARDY.

Subdivision 1.General principle.

No person may, without that person's consent, be tried a second time in any military court of the state for the same offense.

Subd. 2.Finality of conviction.

No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.

Subd. 3.Trial defined.

A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the sense of this section.

History:

1963 c 661 s 192A.24; 1986 c 444