{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-303","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 18-1-303","heading":"Second trial barred by prosecution in another jurisdiction.","body":"(1) If conduct constitutes an offense within the concurrent jurisdiction of this state and of the United States, or another state, or of a municipality, a prosecution in any other of these jurisdictions is a bar to a subsequent prosecution in this state under either of the following circumstances:\n\n(a) The first prosecution resulted in a conviction or an acquittal as defined in section 18-1-301 (1)(a) and (1)(c), and the subsequent prosecution is based on the same conduct, unless:\n\n(I) The offense for which the defendant was formerly convicted or acquitted requires proof of a fact not required by the offense for which he is subsequently prosecuted and the law defining each of the offenses is intended to prevent a substantially different harm or evil; or\n\n(II) The second offense was not consummated when the former trial began.\n\n(b) The former prosecution was terminated by an acquittal or by a final order or judgment for the defendant that has not been set aside, reversed, or vacated and that necessarily required a determination inconsistent with a fact that must be established for conviction of the offense for which the defendant is subsequently prosecuted.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE","Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally","Part 3 - WHEN PROSECUTION BARRED BY FORMER PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-18.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"0772e38ebb1dea40e99880cd3859a7c0b5d4f5b1623beec38d5538e772b42537","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-302","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-18-1-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}