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MI HB5625
Bill
Status
12/9/2021
Primary Sponsor
Beau LaFave
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AI Summary
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Amends MCL 763.5 to update language regarding double jeopardy protections, replacing "No person shall" with "An individual must not" and modernizing pronouns to include "or she"
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Prohibits holding an individual to answer on a second charge or indictment for any offense for which they were acquitted on the facts and merits at trial
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Allows a previous acquittal to be pleaded or given in evidence to bar any subsequent prosecution for the same offense
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Adds new prohibition preventing a state from charging and trying an individual for the same offense if they were previously acquitted on the facts and merits in a federal trial
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure: double jeopardy; use of double jeopardy defense; prohibit if acquitted in federal court; prohibit. Amends sec. 5, ch. III of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 763.5).
Criminal procedure: defenses
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/09/2021
12/14/2021