implied acquittal
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Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
this Court has consistently refused to rule that jeopardy for an offense continues after an acquittal, whether that acquittal is express or implied by a conviction on a lesser included offense when the jury was given a full opportunity to return a verdict on the greater charge
Defined by the Supreme Court in - Price v. Georgia, 398 U.S. 323 (1970).