{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-763.5","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 763.5","heading":"Acquittal on facts and merits as bar to subsequent prosecution.","body":"Sec. 5.\n\nNo person shall be held to answer on a second charge or indictment for any offense for which he has been acquitted upon the facts and merits of the former trial but such acquittal may be pleaded or given in evidence by him in bar of any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 760","Act Act-175-of-1927"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-763-5","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"d2b5d499d4d7c53cf39d7bc277ddfb28503c8ee8a1f601e72b7ad8b85b403fe8","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-763.4","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-763.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}