La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 596

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 596 - Requirements for double jeopardy

Double jeopardy exists in a second trial only when the charge in that trial is:

(1) Identical with or a different grade of the same offense for which the defendant was in jeopardy in the first trial, whether or not a responsive verdict could have been rendered in the first trial as to the charge in the second trial; or

(2) Based on a part of a continuous offense for which offense the defendant was in jeopardy in the first trial.

La. Cr.P. § 596