Sec. 5.
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.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17133 ;-- CL 1948, 763.5 Former Law: See section 3 of Ch. 151 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5706; CL 1871, § 7505; How., § 9070; CL 1897, § 11798; and CL 1915, § 15625.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 760 - 777 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Act 175 of 1927 - The Code of Criminal Procedure (760.1 - 777.69)
175-1927-III - Chapter III Rights of Persons Accused (763.1...763.11)
Section 763.1 - Rights of Accused; Hearing by Counsel, Defense, Confronting Witnesses.
Section 763.2 - Conviction; Bases.
Section 763.3 - Waiver of Trial by Jury in Criminal Cases.
Section 763.4 - Waiver of Trial by Jury; Jurisdiction of Judge, Procedure.
Section 763.5 - Acquittal on Facts and Merits as Bar to Subsequent Prosecution.
Section 763.8 - Audiovisual Recording of Interrogation.
Section 763.9 - Failure to Record or Preserve Recorded Statement.
Section 763.10 - Requirement as Directive and Not Right Conferred on Individual.