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Fla. Stat. § 910.11 — Conviction or acquittal bar to prosecution
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 910: Jurisdiction and Venue, Florida Statutes.
Full text of Fla. Stat. § 910.11
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
(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.
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