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KSA 021-051-0010 – Effect of former prosecution

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 021-051-0010

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21-5110.Effect of former prosecution.(a) A prosecution is barred if the defendant was formerly prosecuted for the same crime, based upon the same facts, if such former prosecution: (1) Resulted in either a conviction or an acquittal or in a determination that the evidence was insufficient to warrant a conviction; (2) was terminated by a final order or judgment, even if entered before trial, which required a determination inconsistent with any fact or legal proposition necessary to a conviction

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