(1) No person shall be held to answer on a second indictment, information, or affidavit for an offense for which the person has been acquitted. The acquittal shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in the form or circumstances of the indictment, information, or affidavit.
(2) When a person may be tried for an offense in two or more counties, a conviction or acquittal in one county shall be a bar to prosecution for the same offense in another county.
History.—s. 170, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(177); s. 81, ch. 70-339; s. 1517, ch. 97-102.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 910 - Jurisdiction and Venue
910.005 - State Criminal Jurisdiction.
910.006 - State Special Maritime Criminal Jurisdiction.
910.01 - Offenses Committed Partly in This State.
910.02 - Offense Committed While in Transit.
910.03 - Place of Trial Generally.
910.035 - Transfer From County for Plea, Sentence, or Participation in a Problem-Solving Court.
910.04 - Where Aider in One County and Offense Committed in Another.
910.05 - Where Acts Constituting One Offense Are Committed in Two or More Counties.
910.06 - Where Person in One County Commits Offense in Another.
910.09 - Cause of Death Inflicted in One County and Death Occurs in Another.
910.10 - Where Stolen Property Brought Into Another County.
910.11 - Conviction or Acquittal Bar to Prosecution.
910.13 - Accessory After the Fact.