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192A.24 FORMER JEOPARDY.
    Subdivision 1. General principle. No person may, without that person's consent, be tried a
second time in any military court of the state for the same offense.
    Subd. 2. Finality of conviction. No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty
by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the
finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.
    Subd. 3. Trial defined. A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a
finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution
for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the
sense of this section.
History: 1963 c 661 s 192A.24; 1986 c 444

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