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implied acquittal

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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).