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SECTION 30-13-47

§ 30-13-47 Double jeopardy. – (a) No person may, without his or her consent, be tried a second time in anymilitary court of the state for the same offense.

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guiltyby a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a "trial" in the senseof this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review ofthe case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidencebut before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority oron motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesseswithout any fault of the accused is a "trial" in the sense of this section.

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SECTION 30-13-47

§ 30-13-47 Double jeopardy. – (a) No person may, without his or her consent, be tried a second time in anymilitary court of the state for the same offense.

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guiltyby a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a "trial" in the senseof this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review ofthe case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidencebut before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority oron motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesseswithout any fault of the accused is a "trial" in the sense of this section.

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SECTION 30-13-47

§ 30-13-47 Double jeopardy. – (a) No person may, without his or her consent, be tried a second time in anymilitary court of the state for the same offense.

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guiltyby a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a "trial" in the senseof this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review ofthe case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidencebut before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority oron motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesseswithout any fault of the accused is a "trial" in the sense of this section.