Ley sobre la doble incriminación en el estado de Washington

Explicación Simple

Si alguien ya fue juzgado por un crimen y ganó o perdió, no puede ser juzgado de nuevo por el mismo crimen. Esto es para proteger a las personas de ser llevadas a juicio una y otra vez por lo mismo.

Es como si en un juego de fútbol, un jugador ya hubiera recibido una tarjeta amarilla y no pudiera recibir otra por la misma falta en el mismo partido. Ya se tomó una decisión sobre esa jugada.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue acusado de robo y fue declarado inocente en un juicio. Si luego lo vuelven a acusar del mismo robo, el juez no puede permitir que lo juzguen otra vez porque ya se decidió sobre su caso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 10.43.020 - Offense embraces lower degree and included offenses When the defendant has been convicted or acquitted upon an indictment or information of an offense consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal shall be a bar to another indictment or information for the offense charged in the former, or for any lower degree of that offense, or for an offense necessarily included therein. RCW 10.43.030 - Conviction or acquittal in other county Whenever, upon the trial of any person for a crime, it shall appear that the defendant has already been acquitted or convicted upon the merits, of the same crime, in a court having jurisdiction of such offense in another county of this state, such former acquittal or conviction is a sufficient defense. RCW 10.43.040 - Foreign conviction or acquittal Whenever, upon the trial of any person for a crime, it appears that the offense was committed in another state or country, under such circumstances that the courts of this state had jurisdiction thereof, and that the defendant has already been acquitted or convicted upon the merits, in a judicial proceeding conducted under the criminal laws of such state or country, founded upon the act or omission with respect to which he is upon trial, such former acquittal or conviction is a sufficient defense. Nothing in this section affects or prevents a prosecution in a court of this state of any person who has received administrative or nonjudicial punishment, civilian or military, in another state or country based upon the same act or omission. RCW 10.43.050 - Acquittal, when a bar No order of dismissal or directed verdict of not guilty on the ground of a variance between the indictment or information and the proof, or on the ground of any defect in such indictment or in