Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 949h: Former jeopardy

Civil

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This statute prohibits retrying a person by military commission for the same offense without consent and defines when a military commission proceeding constitutes a trial for double jeopardy purposes.

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No person may, without the person’s consent, be tried by a military commission under this chapter a second time for the same offense. No proceeding in which the accused has been found guilty by military commission under this chapter upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.

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