Sec. 5. No person shall be held to answer on a second charge or indictment for any offense for which he has been acquitted upon the facts and merits of the former trial but such acquittal may be pleaded or given in evidence by him in bar of any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 763.5
Acquittal on facts and merits as bar to subsequent prosecution
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 34 Mich. App. 84 - People v. Jacoboni (1971)
Most recently applied in 80 Mich. App. 45 - People v. Killingsworth (December 1977)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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