{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-816.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 816.2","heading":"Prosecutions barred.","body":"When a defendant has been convicted or acquitted upon an indictment for an offense consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal shall be a bar to another indictment for the same offense charged in the former or for any lower degree of that offense, or for an offense necessarily included therein.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 816 - DOUBLE JEOPARDY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/816.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:19Z","sha256":"545cb5bad426308be246cf70cbd8e3ef6d9dd7fdb82ac74005705cc9d6a0514b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-816.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-816.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}