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Code · Iowa · Chapter 816 — Double Jeopardy

816.1 Conviction or acquittal — when a bar.

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A conviction or acquittal by a judgment upon a verdict shall bar another prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding a defect in form or substance in the indictment on which the conviction or acquittal took place.
[R60, §4719; C73, §4364; C97, §5339; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13807; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §777.20; C79, 81, §816.1]
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