Mich. Comp. Laws § 763.5

Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 763.5 - Acquittal on facts and merits as bar to subsequent prosecution

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.

MCL 763.5

1927, Act 175, Eff. 9/5/1927 ;--CL 1929, 17133 ;--CL 1948, 763.5.