Alaska Statutes: AS 12.20.040. When Conviction or Acquittal is a Bar to Other Offenses.

Alaska Statutes. Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 20. Bars to Actions Section 40. When Conviction or Acquittal is a Bar to Other Offenses.

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AS 12.20.040. When Conviction or Acquittal is a Bar to Other Offenses.

When the defendant is convicted or acquitted of a crime consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal is a bar to another prosecution for the crime charged in the former or for any inferior degree of that crime, or for an attempt to commit that crime, or for an offense necessarily included in the crime of which the defendant might have been convicted under the information, indictment, or complaint.

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