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Terms Used In Iowa Code 803.4

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
803.4 Bar to action.
A conviction or acquittal of an offense in a court having jurisdiction thereof is a bar to a prosecution of the offense in another court.
[R60, §4512; C73, §4164; C97, §5162; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13457; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
§753.10; C73, 75, 77, §753.4; C79, 81, §803.4]