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2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)
SECTION 11
Conviction or acquittal bar to prosecution.
Conviction or acquittal bar to prosecution.
910.11 Conviction or acquittal bar to prosecution.—
(1) No person shall be held to answer on a second indictment, information, or affidavit for an offense for which the person has been acquitted. The acquittal shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in the form or circumstances of the indictment, information, or affidavit.
(2) When a person may be tried for an offense in two or more counties, a conviction or acquittal in one county shall be a bar to prosecution for the same offense in another county.
History.—s. 170, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(177); s. 81, ch. 70-339; s. 1517, ch. 97-102.