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[CITE: 10USC844]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
                     SUBCHAPTER VII--TRIAL PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 844. Art. 44. Former jeopardy

    (a) No person may, without his consent, be tried a second time for 
the same offense.
    (b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a 
court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense 
of this article until the finding of guilty has become final after 
review of the case has been fully completed.
    (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 is a trial in the sense of 
this article.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 52.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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844(a)................................  50:619(a).                           Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  1 (Art.
844(b)................................  50:619(b).                            4
4), 64 Stat. 122.
844(c)................................  50:619(c).
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    In subsection (a), the word ``may'' is substituted for the word 
``shall''.
    In subsection (b), the word ``is'' is substituted for the words 
``shall be held to be''.
    In subsection (c), the word ``after'' is substituted for the words 
``subsequent to''. The word ``before'' is substituted for the words 
``prior to''. The word ``is'' is substituted for the words ``shall be''.
