Minnesota · Minnesota Statutes — Ch. 609 Criminal Code; 152 Controlled Substances
Minn. Stat. (Crimes) § 609.04: CONVICTION OF LESSER OFFENSE
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This statute defines procedural rules for criminal trials: a defendant may be convicted of the charged crime or an included lesser offense, but not both. Prior conviction or acquittal bars prosecution for included offenses or other degrees of the same crime.
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