Arkansas Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 5-1-113. Affirmative defense — Former prosecution for different offense

A former prosecution is an affirmative defense to a subsequent prosecution for a different offense under the following circumstances:
(1) The former prosecution resulted in an acquittal or in a conviction as set out in § 5-1-112, and the subsequent prosecution is for:
(A) Any offense of which the defendant could have been convicted in the first prosecution; or
(B) An offense based on the same conduct, unless:
(i) The offense of which the defendant was formerly convicted or acquitted and the offense for which he or she is subsequently prosecuted each requires proof of a fact not required by the other offense and the law defining each offense is intended to prevent a substantially different harm or evil; or
(ii) The second offense was not consummated when the former trial began;


(2) The former prosecution was terminated by an acquittal or by a final order or judgment for the defendant that has not been set aside, reversed, or vacated and that necessarily required a determination inconsistent with a fact that must be established for conviction of the second offense; or
(3) The former prosecution was terminated under the circumstances described in § 5-1-112 and the subsequent prosecution is for an offense of which the defendant could have been convicted had the former prosecution not been terminated.

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