No person can be subjected to a second prosecution for a public offense for which he has once been prosecuted and convicted or acquitted.
Cal. Penal Code § 687
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 60 Cal. 2d 482 - People v. Henderson (1963)
Most recently applied in People v. Kim (March 2011)
Enacted 1872.
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