Guam § 1 - Former Prosecutions. When Not a Bar to Present Prosecution.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 1 — Former Prosecutions. When Not a Bar to Present Prosecution., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1. Former Prosecutions. When Not a Bar to Present Prosecution.
A prosecution is not a bar within the meaning of §§ 1.24, 1.26 and 1.28 under either of the following
circumstances:
(a) The former prosecution was before a court which lacked jurisdiction over the defendant or the
offense tried in that court; or
(b) The former prosecution resulted in a judgment of conviction which was held invalid in a
subsequent proceeding on a petition for post-conviction relief or similar process, except that any bar
as to reprosecution for a greater inclusive offense created by Subsection (a) of § 1.24 shall apply.
(c) The former prosecution resulted in a plea of guilty or nolo contendere which was held invalid
in an appeal under 8 GCA § 130.15(e) and the defendant may be retried as if the former plea had not
been entered.
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