{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.04","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 609.04","heading":"CONVICTION OF LESSER OFFENSE.","body":"Subdivision 1. Lesser offense prosecution.\nUpon prosecution for a crime, the actor may be convicted of either the crime charged or an included offense, but not both. An included offense may be any of the following:\n(1) a lesser degree of the same crime; or\n(2) an attempt to commit the crime charged; or\n(3) an attempt to commit a lesser degree of the same crime; or\n(4) a crime necessarily proved if the crime charged were proved; or\n(5) a petty misdemeanor necessarily proved if the misdemeanor charge were proved.\nSubd. 2. Conviction; bar to prosecution.\nA conviction or acquittal of a crime is a bar to further prosecution of any included offense, or other degree of the same crime.","path":["CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS","CHAPTER 609. CRIMINAL CODE","GENERAL PRINCIPLES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.04","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"5beaccd7b73f0f57a5631d32dbe8cd7572f7ff63648304269a9b3107e06d618d","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.035","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}