{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1044","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1044","heading":"Double jeopardy.","body":"(a) No person shall, without his or her consent, be tried a second time for the same offense.\n(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification shall be a trial in the sense of this Code section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.\n(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused shall be a trial in the sense of this Code section.","path":["TITLE 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 2 Military Affairs","Article 5 Code of Military Justice","PART 7 Trial Procedures"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"ea451546be97abb9c0a593dbedc3375a0af7164878be68b4c65b25fd50e35352","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1043","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-1045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}